CVE-2026-5485

HIGH

OS command injection in Amazon Athena ODBC driver on Linux

Title source: cna

Description

OS command injection in the browser-based authentication component in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.0.5.1 on Linux might allow a threat actor to execute arbitrary code by using specially crafted connection parameters that are loaded by the driver during a local user-initiated connection. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.0.5.1 or later.

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-013-aws/

[Patch] https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Windows/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.msi

[Patch] https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Linux/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.rpm

[Patch] https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/arm/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_arm.pkg

[Patch] https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/Intel/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_x86.pkg

[Release Notes] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-release-notes.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 28.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (2)

Amazon/Amazon Athena ODBC driver 2.0.5.1

amazon/athena_odbc < 2.0.5.1

Published Apr 03, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 04, 2026