CVE-2026-83497 - OpenSearch SQL Plugin - Unrestricted Java Deserialization in Cursor Pagination
Bulletin ID: 2026-092-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 08/31/2026 11:30 AM PDT Description: OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics engine. We identified CVE-2026-83497 where a remote authenticated user with basic read/search permissions can run arbitrary code on the server by providing a crafted cursor parameter to the plugins/sql endpoint. Affected Products & Versions: OpenSearch SQL Plugin (open-source, self-managed): - Affected: v2.8 to v3.6 - Fixed: versions 3.7 and 2.19.6 Amazon OpenSearch Service (AWS Managed): - Affected: v2.9 to v3.5 - Fixed: v2.9 to v3.5 (via service software update) Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.
CVE-2026-83497 - OpenSearch SQL Plugin - Unrestricted Java Deserialization in Cursor Pagination
Description
Bulletin ID: 2026-092-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 08/31/2026 11:30 AM PDT Description: OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics engine. We identified CVE-2026-83497 where a remote authenticated user with basic read/search permissions can run arbitrary code on the server by providing a crafted cursor parameter to the plugins/sql endpoint. Affected Products & Versions: OpenSearch SQL Plugin (open-source, self-managed): - Affected: v2.8 to v3.6 - Fixed: versions 3.7 and 2.19.6 Amazon OpenSearch Service (AWS Managed): - Affected: v2.9 to v3.5 - Fixed: v2.9 to v3.5 (via service software update) Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.
Technical Details
- Classification
- {"confidence":0.88,"severitySource":"default","classifier":"rss-v2"}
- Article Source
- {"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/rss/2026-092-aws/","fetched":true,"fetchedAt":"2026-08-31T18:50:57.628Z","wordCount":247}
Threat ID: 6a95cd11acd9273b4975561e
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 18:50:57 UTC
Last updated: 08/31/2026, 19:37:54 UTC
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