{"id":"CVE-2026-115416","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-115416"],"related":[],"title":"Amazon Athena: authorization flaw exposed other accounts' metadata to users","description":"CVE-2026-115416 - Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing\n\n### CVE-2026-115416 - Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing\n\nBulletin ID: 2026-144-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 10/22/2026 09:30 AM PDT\n\nDescription:\n\nAmazon 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.\n\nImpacted versions: Amazon Athena engine version 3\n\nResolution:\n\nAWS remediated the issue on October 7, 2026. No customer action is required.\n\nWorkarounds:\n\nThere are no workarounds available.\n\nReferences:\n\n- CVE-2026-115416\n\n Please email aws-security@amazon.com with any security questions or concerns.","summary":"Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query processing could let an authenticated user read AWS account identifiers and SQL statement text metadata from other AWS accounts. 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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.\n\nImpacted versions: Amazon Athena engine version 3\n\nResolution:\n\nAWS remediated the issue on October 7, 2026. No customer action is required.\n\nWorkarounds:\n\nThere are no workarounds available.\n\nReferences:\n\n- CVE-2026-115416\n\n Please email aws-security@amazon.com with any security questions or concerns.","published_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00+00:00","relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":"AWS disclosure page"}],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}