AWS Advanced Go Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL Instance

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

8.0 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

No dated EPSS signal available.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Description of Vulnerability: An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rdssuperuser 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 Go Wrapper to 2025-10-17 Source of Vulnerability Report: Allistair Ishmael Hakim allistair.hakim@gmail.com Affected products & versions: AWS Go Wrapper < 2025-10-17 Platforms: MacOS/Windows/Linux

Published by the source

13 Nov 2025, 22:22 UTC

Last modified by the source

6 May 2026, 23:24 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9

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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9

Advisory: AWS Advanced Go Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL Instance
IDs: GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/ghsa-7wq2-32h4-9hc9 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:20 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.0)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers 1.0.2; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql 1.1.1; github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam 1.0.2. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql: affected < 1.1.1; fixed in 1.1.1
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam: affected < 1.0.2; fixed in 1.0.2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql, github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7wq2-32h4-9hc9 lists affected ranges: Go github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql >=0 =0 =0 =0 =0 =0 <1.0.2; Go…)

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