high8.0
CVE-2025-12967
AWS Advanced Python Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
Impact
### Description of Vulnerability: 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. AWS recommends customers upgrade to the following versions: AWS Python Wrapper to v1.4.0 ### Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim <allistair.hakim@gmail.com> ### Affected products & versions: AWS Python Wrapper < 1.4.0 ### Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | aws_advanced_python_wrapper | < 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-028/
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/releases/tag/release-2025-10-17
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/releases/tag/2.6.5
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/releases/tag/2.0.1
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/releases/tag/1.4.0
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
- https://github.com/aws/aws-pgsql-odbc/releases/tag/1.0.1
- https://github.com/aws/aws-pgsql-odbc/security/advisories/GHSA-q327-fgm8-7mxf
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12967
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/pull/1007
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-028