CVE-2026-35560
Severity CVSS v4.0:
CRITICAL
Type:
CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation
Publication date:
03/04/2026
Last modified:
07/04/2026
Description
Improper certificate validation in the identity provider connection components in Amazon Athena ODBC driver before 2.1.0.0 might allow a man-in-the-middle threat actor to intercept authentication credentials due to insufficient default transport security when connecting to identity providers. This only applies to connections with external identity providers and does not apply to connections with Athena.<br />
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To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.0.0.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
9.10
Severity 4.0
CRITICAL
Base Score 3.x
7.40
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-013-aws/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-release-notes.html
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Linux/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.rpm
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/Intel/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_x86.pkg
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Mac/arm/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0_arm.pkg
- https://downloads.athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/drivers/ODBC/v2.1.0.0/Windows/AmazonAthenaODBC-2.1.0.0.msi



