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CVE-2026-35561: Insufficient authentication security controls in browser-based authentication components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-04-03 · updated 2026-10-20
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
Insufficient authentication security controls in the browser-based authentication components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.1.0.0 might allow a threat actor to intercept or hijack authentication sessions due to insufficient protections in the browser-based authentication flows. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.0.0.
Affected products
- Amazon Athena ODBC driver: before 2.1.0.0 — fixed in 2.1.0.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Amazon Athena ODBC driver 2.1.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-013-aws/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-release-notes.html
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Linux/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.rpm
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/Intel/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_x86.pkg
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/arm/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_arm.pkg
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Windows/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.msi
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