Amazon Athena ODBC Driver 2.0.5.1 certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Amazon Athena ODBC Driver. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-35560. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Amazon Athena ODBC Driver. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper certificate validation in the identity provider connection components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.1.0.0 might allow a man-in-the-middle threat actor to intercept authentication credentials due to insufficient default transport security when connecting to identity providers. This only applies to connections with external identity providers and does not apply to connections with Athena. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.0.0.

The advisory is shared for download at downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-35560 since 04/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.

Upgrading to version 2.1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-18855). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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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
04/04/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-35560 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355188
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2026 23:17
Updated: 04/04/2026 02:37
Changes: 04/03/2026 23:17 (75), 04/04/2026 02:37 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:D48:103

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