CVE-2025-12967
Bulletin ID: AWS-2025-028 Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2025/11/10 10:15 AM PDT Description: Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL a fully managed relational database engine that's compatible with PostgreSQL. We identified CVE-2025-12967, an issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users. Impacted versions: - AWS JDBC Wrapper <2.6.5 - AWS Go Wrapper <2025-10-17 - AWS NodeJS Wrapper <2.0.1 - AWS Python Wrapper <1.4.0 - AWS ODBC driver <1.0.1
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An issue may allow for privilege escalation to the rds_superuser role.
- Who is affected
- Low privilege authenticated users of the specified AWS wrappers.
- Urgency
- Remediation is important due to the potential for privilege escalation.
- Action
- Upgrade to versions equal to or greater than the specified thresholds.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.44% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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