{"id":64264,"date":"2025-08-23T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:08:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T00:47:31","slug":"cve-2025-55283-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-aiven-database-migration-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55283-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-aiven-database-migration-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-55283: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Aiven Database Migration Tool<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a serious security vulnerability in the Aiven database migration tool, aiven-db-migrate. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-55283, is a privilege escalation vulnerability that enables the elevation to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33075-a-critical-windows-installer-vulnerability-that-leads-to-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72382\">vulnerability is particularly significant because it can lead<\/a> to potential system compromise or data leakage, two outcomes that can have serious consequences for organizations that rely on the integrity and security of their databases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-55283<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74297\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3381032241\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>aiven-db-migrate | Prior to 1.0.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by taking advantage of the psql&#8217;s functionality of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46122-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-commscope-ruckus-unleashed\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78921\">executing commands<\/a> embedded in a dump from the source server. When aiven-db-migrate is used to migrate data from an untrusted source server, it opens up a potential attack vector for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72696\">privilege escalation<\/a>. An attacker could embed malicious commands in the dump which will be executed by psql during the migration, potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49746-improper-authorization-in-azure-machine-learning-leading-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73300\">leading to the attacker gaining superuser privileges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-780423893\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This pseudocode describes the process of creating a dump with a malicious command embedded:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">CREATE TABLE malicious_table AS SELECT pg_catalog.pg_ls_dir(&#039;..&#039;);\nCOPY (SELECT * FROM malicious_table) TO &#039;\/tmp\/malicious_dump.sql&#039;;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this pseudocode, a new table is created that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43984-unauthenticated-command-execution-vulnerability-in-kuwfi-gc111-devices\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82407\">executes a command<\/a> to list the parent directory of the current directory. The output of this command is then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8895-critical-arbitrary-file-copy-vulnerability-in-wp-webhooks-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81978\">copied to a dump file<\/a>. When this dump is imported during a migration, the command will be executed, potentially leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6187-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-bsecure-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72960\">privilege escalation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43588-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-substance3d-sampler-versions-5-0-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73483\">vulnerability has been fixed in version<\/a> 1.0.7 of aiven-db-migrate. Therefore, users are strongly advised to update to this version or later. If updating is not immediately possible, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure. These systems can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73700\">potentially detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a serious security vulnerability in the Aiven database migration tool, aiven-db-migrate. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-55283, is a privilege escalation vulnerability that enables the elevation to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. 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