Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-115416

Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing

publishedCWE-863CWE-653

Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing could have allowed an authenticated user to read AWS account identifiers and SQL statement text query metadata from other AWS accounts. Query results, and data stored in Amazon S3 or other data sources, were not accessible through this issue. AWS remediated the issue on October 7, 2026. No customer action is required.

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Technical severity7.7 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: AMZN

Published2026-10-22Source updated 2026-11-02

Collected2026-11-022 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
Product	Versions	Authority
Amazon Athena AWS	Version not specified (affected) Other versions: unaffected	CNA: AMZN

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / score	Vector	Authority
3.1 / 7.7 high	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`	CNA: AMZN
4.0 / 6.3 medium	`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N`	CNA: AMZN

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-144-aws/CNA: AMZN · vendor-advisory