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GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374

HIGH

AWS Advanced NodeJS Wrapper: Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance

Published
Nov 13, 2025
Updated
Feb 4, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

aws-advanced-nodejs-wrappernpm
6Kdownloads / week

Description

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 [email protected]

Affected products & versions:

AWS NodeJS Wrapper < 2.0.1.

Platforms:

MacOS/Windows/Linux

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmaws-advanced-nodejs-wrapperall versions2.0.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update aws-advanced-nodejs-wrapper to 2.0.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### 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 [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) ### Affected products & versions: AWS NodeJS Wrapper < 2.0.1. ###
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-8wj8-cfxr-9374 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.