# CVE-2026-58139: DuckDB AWS Extension Security Policy Bypass via load\_aws\_credentials Procedure

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-03 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- duckdb duckdb-aws: version range not reported

## Description

The DuckDB AWS extension for DuckDB contains a security policy bypass vulnerability that allows any database user with SQL execution permissions to extract plaintext AWS credentials by calling the load_aws_credentials function with the redact_secret parameter set to false, circumventing the database-wide allow_unredacted_secrets=false policy. Attackers can invoke this single function to retrieve the underlying AWS credential chain including access_key_id, secret_access_key, session_token, and region in plaintext, which are immediately valid against AWS APIs and particularly impactful in managed environments where pg_duckdb is preloaded and an AWS credential chain such as IMDSv2, IRSA, ECS task role, or EC2 instance role is reachable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on duckdb duckdb-aws, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb-aws/pull/156
- https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb-aws/commit/7d04119ee8d3f8836e278f0e8cbf21827ff5338b
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/duckdb-aws-extension-security-policy-bypass-via-load-aws-credentials-procedure

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