GO-2026-5601
AWS Advanced Go Wrapper has Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance in github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers
Quick fix
GO-2026-5601 — github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers@v1.1.1Details
AWS Advanced Go Wrapper has Privilege Escalation in Aurora PostgreSQL instance in github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers.
NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.
(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)
The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray before 1.07.
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Affected packages
0Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/auth-helpers@v1.1.10Fixed in: 1.1.2go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/aws-secrets-manager@v1.1.20No fixed version published yet for github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
0Fixed in: 2.0.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/awssql/v2@v2.0.10Fixed in: 1.0.4go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/custom-endpoint@v1.0.40Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/federated-auth@v1.1.10Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/iam@v1.1.10Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/mysql-driver@v1.1.10Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/okta@v1.1.10Fixed in: 1.0.7go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/otlp@v1.0.70Fixed in: 1.1.1go get github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/pgx-driver@v1.1.10No fixed version published yet for github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/xray (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/security/advisories/GHSA-r236-5pc3-3qcp[ADVISORY]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11401[ADVISORY]
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-039-aws[WEB]
- https://github.com/aws/aws-advanced-go-wrapper/releases/tag/release-2026-05-26[WEB]