GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374
AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
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
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
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
- Record
GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-470
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
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
- Record
GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-470
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
aws-advanced-nodejs-wrappernpm | before 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper, published November 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper 2.0.1.