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CVE-2026-11401: Privilege Escalation in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
Description
An untrusted search path issue in the GlobalDatabasePlugin in the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL will allow a remote authenticated low-privilege actor to escalate privileges to those of another Amazon RDS user, including rds_superuser, via a crafted function created by the actor that runs when that user connects to the cluster through the affected wrapper. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper release 2026-05-26
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-426
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
AWS: AWS Advanced Go Wrapper
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-039-aws/ (opens in new tab)
- github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/releases/tag/release-2026-05-26 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcp (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)