Neptune Connector Unauthorized Access via Athena Federated Query pre-2026.30.1
CVE-2026-77810 Published on August 21, 2026
Code Injection via Gremlin Query Passthrough in Amazon Athena Neptune Connector
In the Neptune connector, a user with access to Neptune through Athena Federated Query could gain access to properties in the Lambda supplying the compute for the connector. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-athena-query-federation v2026.30.1 or later.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-77810 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an Eval Injection Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or at least modify what code can be executed.
CVE-2026-77810 has been classified to as an Eval Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-77810
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Affected Versions
AWS Athena Federated Query Neptune Connector:- Version 2024.15.1, <= 2026.28.1 is affected.