{"id":"CVE-2026-5485","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-5485","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:41:08.424Z","title":"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…","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.\n\n\n\nTo remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.0.5.1 or later.","published":"2026-04-03T21:17:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-20T19:17:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["amazon/athena odbc"],"epss":{"score":0.00882,"percentile":0.58984,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-013-aws/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-release-notes.html","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Linux/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.rpm","tags":["Patch","Product"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/Intel/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_x86.pkg","tags":["Patch","Product"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/arm/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_arm.pkg","tags":["Patch","Product"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Windows/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.msi","tags":["Patch","Product"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5485","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}