CVE-2026-58139

DuckDB AWS Extension Security Policy Bypass via load_aws_credentials Procedure

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 3, 2026 at 07:45 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDuckdbDuckdb AWS

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The DuckDB AWS extension for DuckDB contains a security policy bypass vulnerability that allows any database user with SQL execution permissions to extract plaintext AWS credentials by calling the load_aws_credentials function with the redact_secret parameter set to false, circumventing the database-wide allow_unredacted_secrets=false policy. Attackers can invoke this single function to retrieve the underlying AWS credential chain including access_key_id, secret_access_key, session_token, and region in plaintext, which are immediately valid against AWS APIs and particularly impactful in managed environments where pg_duckdb is preloaded and an AWS credential chain such as IMDSv2, IRSA, ECS task role, or EC2 instance role is reachable.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
0 ≤ v < 7d04119ee8d3f8836e278f0e8cbf21827ff5338b0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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