CVE-2026-115416

Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Updated: Oct 22, 2026
Reserved: Oct 22, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
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	AMZN
3.1	7.7 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	AMZN

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect authorization
CWE-653 Improper isolation or compartmentalization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Amazon AthenaAWS	N/AAffected

References

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

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