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

Severity not listed 1 CVE Published Oct 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC

Summary

Bulletin ID: 2026-144-AWS

Scope: AWS

Content Type: Important (requires attention)

Publication Date: 10/22/2026 09:30 AM PDT

Description:

Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that allows you to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. We identified CVE-2026-115416, an issue in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing where incorrect authorization checks 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.

Impacted versions: Amazon Athena engine version 3

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