CVE-2026-35558 | Amazon Athena ODBC Driver prior 2.1.0.0 Authentication command injection

VDB-355193 · CVE-2026-35558 · GCVE-0-2026-35558 AMAZON ATHENA ODBC DRIVER PRIOR 2.1.0.0 AUTHENTICATION COMMAND INJECTION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.2 $0-$5k 0.67+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Amazon Athena ODBC Driver. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Authentication. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-35558. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in Amazon Athena ODBC Driver. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: Improper neutralization of special elements in the authentication components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.1.0.0 might allow a threat actor to execute arbitrary code or redirect authentication flows by using specially crafted connection parameters that are processed by the driver during user-initiated authentication. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.0.0. The advisory is shared at aws.amazon.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-35558 since 04/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue. Upgrading to version 2.1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Type Hardware Driver Software Vendor Amazon Name Athena ODBC Driver Version 2.0.5.1 License commercial CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2 VulDB Base Score: 4.8 VulDB Temp Score: 4.6 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.8 CNA Vector (AMZN): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Command injection CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: Partially Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: Athena ODBC Driver 2.1.0.0 Timelineinfo 04/03/2026 Advisory disclosed 04/03/2026 +0 days CVE reserved 04/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Advisory: aws.amazon.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-35558 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35558 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355193 Entryinfo Created: 04/03/2026 23:21 Changes: 04/03/2026 23:21 (76) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:4E0:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸