CVE-2026-11401

Privilege Escalation in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

Published Jun 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcp AWS Advanced Go Wrapper has Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
Title Privilege Escalation in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
First Time appeared Aws
Aws aws Advanced Go Wrapper
Weaknesses CWE-426
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:aws:aws_advanced_go_wrapper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Aws
Aws aws Advanced Go Wrapper
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
AMZN
Published
Updated
Jun 8, 2026, 4:34 PM
Reserved
Jun 5, 2026, 4:33 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Jun 5, 2026, 8:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 11:10 AM