What is CVE-2026-11401?

CVE-2026-11401 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2026-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-11401?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper

CVE-2026-11401

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 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

AWS Advanced Go Wrapper — versions 2026-04-06

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-11401?: CVE-2026-11401 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS Advanced Go Wrapper, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2026-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-11401?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.