Amazon AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper up to 4.0.0 GlobalDatabasePlugin untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Amazon AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper up to 4.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component GlobalDatabasePlugin. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-11400. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Amazon AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper up to 4.0.0. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component GlobalDatabasePlugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An untrusted search path issue in the GlobalDatabasePlugin in the AWS Advanced JDBC 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 an affected wrapper. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper version 4.0.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-11400 since 06/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper 4.0.1

Timelineinfo

06/05/2026 Advisory disclosed
06/05/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
06/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-11400 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11400
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-368975

Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2026 23:59
Changes: 06/05/2026 23:59 (77)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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