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


- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4774-8498-749g

## What is CVE-2026-115416?

CVE-2026-115416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AWS Amazon Athena, published on 22 Oct 2026. 

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-653 (Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115416?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-115416?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-115416 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-115416 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-115416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-115416 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-115416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AWS Amazon Athena, published on 22 Oct 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-115416 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AWS Amazon Athena. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-115416/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-115416/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115416
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115416
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-115416

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-115416/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.