Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by AMZN

CVE-2026-89090Denial of service in the event stream header decoder in AWS SDK for Go v2

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in AWS SDK for Go v2 from AWS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An unrecovered panic in the event stream header decoder in Amazon AWS SDK for Go v2 before release-2026-03-23 might allow an unauthenticated remote actor to terminate the consuming application process via a crafted event stream response frame containing a header value type outside the valid range. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to release-2026-03-23 or later, and patch any forked or derivative code.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream1.7.8GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream1.7.8GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockagentcore1.15.2GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockagentcore1.15.2GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockagentruntime1.51.8GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockagentruntime1.51.8GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockruntime1.50.4GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/bedrockruntime1.50.4GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs1.65.0GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs1.65.0GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iotsitewise1.52.19GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/iotsitewise1.52.19GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis1.43.5GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis1.43.5GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/lambda1.88.5GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/lambda1.88.5GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/lexruntimev21.35.15GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/lexruntimev21.35.15GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s31.97.3GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s31.97.3GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sagemakerruntime1.39.6GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sagemakerruntime1.39.6GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/transcribestreaming1.34.5GO-2026-5764
Gogithub.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/transcribestreaming1.34.5GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AWS AWS SDK for Go v2 0 – before 2026-03-23

Weakness: CWE-248 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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