CVE-2026-5485 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting the browser-based authentication component of the Amazon Athena ODBC driver before version 2.0.5.1 on Linux. This flaw allows a local threat actor to achieve arbitrary code execution by providing specially crafted connection parameters during a user-initiated connection. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.8, exploitation requires local access and user interaction but has low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, and community discussion is minimal. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2.0.5.1 or later to remediate this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:athena_odbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.