Unrated severityOSV Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2026· Updated Aug 3, 2026
PyAthena SQL Injection via DefaultParameterFormatter DELETE/CTAS
CVE-2026-65321
Description
PyAthena prior to 3.35.4 contains a sql injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary SQL by exploiting improper quote-escaping in DefaultParameterFormatter.format(), which routes DELETE and CTAS statements to the _escape_hive function that backslash-escapes single quotes rather than doubling them. Because Athena and Trino do not treat backslashes as escape characters inside string literals, attacker-supplied input such as a single quote followed by SQL syntax causes the parser to terminate the string literal prematurely, enabling data exfiltration via UNION SELECT, execution of destructive statements, and attacker-controlled CTAS destination and content.
Affected products
2v3.35.3, v3.35.2, v3.35.1, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v3.35.3, v3.35.2, v3.35.1, …
- (no CPE)range: <3.35.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/pyathena-dev/PyAthena/commit/27901d12245ea722b3b4e211c60e2ade4e7c8efdmitrepatch
- github.com/laughingman7743/PyAthena/security/advisories/GHSA-xwj5-g6cv-4r5cmitrevendor-advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pyathena-sql-injection-via-defaultparameterformatter-delete-ctasmitrethird-party-advisory
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