EUVD-2026-325581

fkie_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

GHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcp — AWS Advanced Go Wrapper has Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance

Affected: Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql/v2, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/custom-endpoint, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver, Go: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp and 1 more

Aurora PostgreSQL is a fully managed relational database engine that's compatible with PostgreSQL.

An issue in Aurora PostgreSQL using the AWS Go Wrapper waa identified, see CVE-2026-11401.

Impact An issue in AWS Wrappers for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL may allow for privilege escalation to rds_superuser role. A low privilege authenticated user can create a crafted function that could be executed with permissions of other Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) users.

Impacted versions: AWS Go Wrapper 2026-04-06

Patches This issue has been addressed in AWS Go Wrapper 2026-05-26. Maintainers recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

Workarounds Remove the public schema from the search path.

References If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, contact [AWS/Amazon] Security via the [vulnerability reporting page](https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting) or directly via email to [aws-security@amazon.com](mailto:aws-security@amazon.com). Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

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GHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcp — AWS Advanced Go Wrapper has Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance