Path Traversal in Aiven Aiven-Db-Migrate

CVE-2025-55282

aiven-db-migrate is an Aiven database migration tool. Prior to 1.0.7, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a user to elevate to superuser inside PostgreSQL databases during a migration from an untrusted source server. By exploiting a lack of search_path restriction, an attacker can override pg_catalog and execute untrusted operators as a superuser. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.7.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55282?
CVE-2025-55282 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Aiven Aiven-Db-Migrate, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-55282?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-55282 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.