id: PYSEC-2026-1205
published: "2026-07-07T16:03:10.351969Z"
modified: "2026-07-07T17:23:48.634539Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2025-12967
- GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
summary: "AWS Advanced Python Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance "
details: "### Description of Vulnerability:\n\nAn 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.\n\nAWS recommends customers upgrade to the following versions:  AWS Python Wrapper to v1.4.0\n\n\n### Source of Vulnerability Report: \nAllistair Ishmael Hakim <allistair.hakim@gmail.com>\n\n\n### Affected products & versions: \nAWS Python Wrapper < 1.4.0\n\n\n### Platforms: \nMacOS/Windows/Linux"
affected:
- package:
    name: aws-advanced-python-wrapper
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/aws-advanced-python-wrapper
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - fixed: 1.4.0
  versions:
  - 1.0.0
  - 1.1.0
  - 1.1.1
  - 1.2.0
  - 1.3.0
references:
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-jdbc-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-7xw4-g7mm-r4hh
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-pgsql-odbc/security/advisories/GHSA-q327-fgm8-7mxf
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12967
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/pull/1007
- type: WEB
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-028
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-python-wrapper/releases/tag/1.4.0
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/aws-advanced-python-wrapper
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jvf-wx3f-2x8q
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- type: CVSS_V4
  score: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N