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TI-2026-82012 Aliases CVE-2026-118029

Unverified Athena result bucket ownership in AWS SDK for pandas

Priority LOW 26CWE-283Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

AWS SDK for pandas (awswrangler) before 3.16.1 does not verify ownership of the default Athena query result location. A remote attacker with no privileges can pre-create the S3 bucket to read Athena query results and tamper with the result sets returned to the caller, a flaw classified as CWE-283.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Unverified ownership of the default query result location in the Athena module in AWS SDK for pandas (awswrangler) before 3.16.1 might allow remote actors to read Athena query results and tamper with result sets returned to the caller via a pre-created S3 bucket.  To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 3.16.1 or later. Users should also verify that the default Athena result bucket in each account and region is owned by their own account, and set an explicit result location or enforce a workgroup result configuration.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0017 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed aws-sdk-pandas (aws): 3.16.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AWSaws-sdk-pandasbefore 3.16.13.16.1Patch availableCNA
  • aws-sdk-pandas VendorAWS Affected before 3.16.1 Fixed in 3.16.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade aws-sdk-pandas to version 3.16.1 or later. Also verify that the default Athena result bucket in each account and region is owned by your own account, and set an explicit result location or enforce a workgroup result configuration.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA aws-sdk-pandas (aws) Fixed in 3.16.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118029
  2. 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  3. 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  5. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18648 Amazon AWS Amplify CLI before 12.10.1 incorrectly configures the role trust policy of IAM… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-03847 Input validation issue in AWS Amplify Studio UI component properties CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-11603 HTTP/2 Stream Parser Confusion Body-Inspection Bypass in Amazon CloudFront with AWS WAF CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
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