CVE-2026-115416 (GCVE-0-2026-115416)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-22 16:50 – Updated: 2026-10-22 16:50 Exclusively Hosted Service
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing
Summary
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.
Severity
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Amazon Athena |
Affected:
N/A
cpe:2.3:a:aws:amazon_athena:n_a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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