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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Amazon Athena Engine 3 Authorization Flaw Patched

Amazon Athena engine version 3 had missing authorization checks that could've let authenticated users peek at query metadata from other AWS accounts—think account IDs and SQL statements. AWS fixed it on September 1st, and they've confirmed no actual customer data got exposed. Query results, credentials, and S3 data stayed safe. No action needed on your end.

source: [aws/security-bulletin]