OS Command Injection in Amazon (CVE-2026-5485)
Summary
OS command injection in Amazon (CVE-2026-5485). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.0.5.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Bulletin ID: 2026-013-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 2026/04/03 13:00 PM PDT Description: The Amazon Athena ODBC driver implements standard ODBC application program interfaces (APIs). The ODBC driver provides access to Amazon Athena from any C/C++ application. The Amazon Athena ODBC driver provides 64-bit ODBC drivers for Windows, Linux and MAC operating systems. We identified the following: - CVE-2026-5485: OS command injection in browser-based authentication component (Linux only, fixed in 2.0.5.1) - CVE-2026-35558: Improper neutralization of special elements in authentication components - CVE-2026-35559: Out-of-bounds write in query processing components - CVE-2026-35560: Improper certificate validation in identity provider connection components - CVE-2026-35561: Insufficient authentication security controls in browser-based authentication components - CVE-2026-35562: Allocation of resources without limits in parsing components Impacted versions: CVE-2026-5485 was addressed in 2.0.5.1 (Linux only). The remaining five (CVE-2026-35558 through CVE-2026-35562) were addressed in version 2.1.0.0 and apply to all supported platforms Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.
Source: AWS Security Bulletins NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-5485 has been found in Amazon.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Amazon to 2.0.5.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Amazon CVE-2026-5485" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-5485 (Amazon) — CWE-78 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: 2.0.5.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
OS command injection (CWE-78) exists in Amazon.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Amazon.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 2.0.5.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Amazon' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Amazon' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Amazonを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Amazon to 2.0.5.1ステージング環境で 2.0.5.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。