Aurora Alert: Update Now to Dodge the Wrappers’ RDS Role Ruckus!
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL users, brace yourselves! A crafty bug, CVE-2025-12967, could let low-privileged users play superuser. Upgrade your AWS Wrappers to protect your databases from these wannabe hackers before they escalate themselves to the digital throne!
Hot Take:
Ah, the age-old tale of privilege escalation—it’s like Cinderella, but instead of a fairy godmother and a pumpkin, you get a crafty crafted function and unauthorized access to the rds_superuser role. Who knew databases could have such Cinderella stories? In the land of AWS, it seems the glass slipper is actually a security patch!
Key Points:
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL under threat from privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2025-12967.
- Low privilege users can potentially become the database’s fairy godparent, gaining unauthorized access.
- Multiple versions of AWS Wrappers are affected: JDBC, Go, NodeJS, Python, and ODBC.
- Recommended solutions include upgrading to specified versions or removing the public schema from the search path.
- Contact AWS for further security guidance, but remember, no need for a glass slipper—just a solid security update!
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