# CVE-2026-115416: Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-22. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- AWS / Amazon Athena: Version not specified (affected). Source: CNA: AMZN

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.7 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: AMZN

- CVSS 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; source: CNA: AMZN

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.27% as of 2026-11-01; percentile 19.69%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-863, CWE-653

## 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)

## Provenance

- CNA: AMZN: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115416; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-115416; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: 4faa5249cb8fc8e84a9a10f0e873544e658c4edd7b72b1a59046275a3aaebeaa

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-115416