Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
CVE-2026-11401

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Aws

Status
Aws Advanced Go Wrapper
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-11401?

A vulnerability exists in the GlobalDatabasePlugin of the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, where an untrusted search path can be exploited. This vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user with low privileges to escalate their privileges to those of another Amazon RDS user, potentially including the powerful rds_superuser role. The exploitation occurs through a crafted function created by the attacker, which executes when the targeted user connects to the database cluster. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper release 2026-05-26 to mitigate this issue.

Affected Version(s)

AWS Advanced Go Wrapper 2026-04-06 < 2026-05-26

References

https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/releases/t...
patch
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-0...
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/security/a...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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