AWS databases-on-aws 1.7.1 Blocks Agent-Assisted Command Injection
Tech GuruQuick Answer
The authority published 2026-130-AWS for Amazon Agent Plugins for AWS databases-on-aws plugin. AWS disclosed incomplete input blocking that could let crafted content ingested by an AI coding agent reach a local Aurora DSQL helper and execute operating-system commands with the helper process permissions. Affected deployments should be matched to the authority's exact scope and moved to the supported fixed release.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Fix
What to do now: Inventory Amazon Agent Plugins for AWS databases-on-aws plugin, match the exact affected release or feature, apply the authority-supported fixed build or service remediation, validate the dependent workflow, and preserve evidence.
Last verified: 2026-10-09 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | Amazon Agent Plugins for AWS databases-on-aws plugin |
|---|---|
| Advisory | 2026-130-AWS |
| CVE | CVE-2026-107322 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-10-08 18:30:00 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-10-08 18:30:00 UTC |
| Affected versions | databases-on-aws versions 1.0.0 through 1.7.0 when an agent ingests crafted content and then invokes the optional local psql helper path. |
| Fixed version | databases-on-aws 1.7.1 or later, or pinned repository commit 8b13a503746a4ebb0402b936645163224058bde3 or later |
| CVSS base score | Not provided by the authority |
| CVSS severity | Not provided by the authority |
| Exploitation status | Not stated by the authority; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
AWS disclosed incomplete input blocking that could let crafted content ingested by an AI coding agent reach a local Aurora DSQL helper and execute operating-system commands with the helper process permissions.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Locate Amazon Agent Plugins for AWS databases-on-aws plugin deployments, versions, enabled features, exposure paths, owners, and dependent services.
- Establish applicability. Compare each deployment with the authority's affected-version statement: databases-on-aws versions 1.0.0 through 1.7.0 when an agent ingests crafted content and then invokes the optional local psql helper path. Do not infer applicability from product family or severity alone.
- Remediate. Apply databases-on-aws 1.7.1 or later, or pinned repository commit 8b13a503746a4ebb0402b936645163224058bde3 or later through the supported vendor or project channel, following the current advisory and change-control requirements.
- Validate. Confirm the resulting version or managed-service state, exercise representative functionality and recovery paths, monitor for regressions, and document exceptions.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
The affected code is not a listening service and does not bypass Aurora DSQL privileges. Until upgraded, avoid the optional psql helper path, use reviewed SQL or the DSQL MCP server, and use least-privilege OS, IAM, and database roles. Preserve version, configuration, upgrade, validation, and any investigation evidence.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
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