---
id: CVE-2026-115416
title: >-
  Incorrect authorization checks in Amazon Athena engine version 3 query
  processing
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-863
  - CWE-653
vendor: AWS
product: Amazon Athena
affected:
  - amazon_athena N/A
published: '2026-10-22'
updated: '2026-10-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-22T16:50:18.238Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115416'
references:
  - url: 'https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-144-aws/'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-22T22:00:50.347Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `amazon_athena N/A`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.