8.6

CVE-2026-11401: aws aws advanced go wrapper Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 8.6v4.0HighAwaiting analysis
AliasesGHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcpGO-2026-5601
Published 05-06-2026Last modified 08-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-11401 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in aws aws advanced go wrapper. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Timeline

  1. 05-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An untrusted search path issue in the GlobalDatabasePlugin in the AWS Advanced Go 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 the affected wrapper. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper release 2026-05-26

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper11 products
  • auth-helpers< 1.1.1
  • aws-secrets-manager< 1.1.2
  • awssqlAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • custom-endpoint< 1.0.4
  • federated-auth< 1.1.1
Aws1 product
Github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql1 product
  • v2< 2.0.1

3 vendors · 13 products

References

6 links