CVE-2026-65321
PyAthena SQL Injection via DefaultParameterFormatter DELETE/CTAS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Aug 2, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 21, 2026
Description
PyAthena prior to 3.35.4 contains a sql injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary SQL by exploiting improper quote-escaping in DefaultParameterFormatter.format(), which routes DELETE and CTAS statements to the _escape_hive function that backslash-escapes single quotes rather than doubling them. Because Athena and Trino do not treat backslashes as escape characters inside string literals, attacker-supplied input such as a single quote followed by SQL syntax causes the parser to terminate the string literal prematurely, enabling data exfiltration via UNION SELECT, execution of destructive statements, and attacker-controlled CTAS destination and content.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
PyAthenalaughingman7743 |
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References
- Product Repositoryproduct
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xwj5-g6cv-4r5c)vendor-advisory
- Patch Commitpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pyathena-sql-injection-via-defaultparameterformatter-delete-ctasthird-party-advisory
- https://rahulkarne.com/#/cve/CVE-2026-65321technical-description
- https://github.com/rahulreddykarne/CVE-2026-65321-pyathenarelated
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