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
Published: 2026-06-05
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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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

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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'}


Subscriptions

Aws Aws Advanced Go Wrapper
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-08T16:34:15.303Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T16:33:50.490Z

Link: CVE-2026-11401

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-08T14:35:36.448Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-05T20:17:28.883

Modified: 2026-06-05T20:49:22.527

Link: CVE-2026-11401

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-07T11:16:03Z

Weaknesses