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

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108258, GHSA-4774-8498-749G
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-22

## Summary

The vulnerability affects Amazon Athena engine version 3, the query processing engine used by the Amazon Athena service. An authenticated user could have used it to read other AWS accounts' identifiers and SQL query text metadata, though query results and data in Amazon S3 or other data sources were not exposed.

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## Affected

- AWS Amazon Athena: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AWS Amazon Athena, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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

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