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GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374: AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance

November 13, 2025

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 that customers upgrade to the following version: AWS NodeJS Wrapper to v2.0.1.

Source of Vulnerability Report:

Allistair Ishmael Hakim allistair.hakim@gmail.com

Affected products & versions:

AWS NodeJS Wrapper < 2.0.1.

Platforms:

MacOS/Windows/Linux

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374
  • github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper
  • github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/pull/574
  • github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/releases/tag/2.0.1
  • github.com/aws/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.1 or above.

Impact 8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

Source file

npm/aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper/GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374.yml

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