CVE-2026-35558 PUBLISHED

Improper neutralization of special elements in authentication components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver

Assigner: AMZN
Reserved: 03.04.2026 Published: 03.04.2026 Updated: 03.04.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 7.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Amazon
Product	Amazon Athena ODBC driver
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 2.1.0.0 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-242 Code Injection