Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance using AWS-JDBC Wrapper

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.

We recommend customers upgrade to the following versions: AWS JDBC Wrapper to v2.6.5 or greater

Source of Vulnerability Report:

Allistair Ishmael Hakim [allistair.hakim@gmail.com](mailto:allistair.hakim@gmail.com)

Affected products & versions:

AWS JDBC Wrapper < 2.6.5

Platforms:

MacOS/Windows/Linux