Vulnerability in Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper (CVE-2025-12967)
Summary
Vulnerability in Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper (CVE-2025-12967). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.4.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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 customers upgrade to the following versions: AWS Python Wrapper to v1.4.0
Source of Vulnerability Report:
Allistair Ishmael Hakim
Affected products & versions:
AWS Python Wrapper < 1.4.0
Platforms:
MacOS/Windows/Linux
Source: AWS Security Bulletins NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-12967 has been found in Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper to 1.4.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper CVE-2025-12967" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-12967 (Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper) — CWE-470
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Patched: 1.4.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-470) exists in Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 1.4.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'aws-advanced-python-wrapper' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'aws-advanced-python-wrapper' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
aws-advanced-python-wrapperを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Amazon aws-advanced-python-wrapper to 1.4.0ステージング環境で 1.4.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- AWS aws.amazon.com
- package github.com
- package pypi.org
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- web aws.amazon.com
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