Medium severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89090
Denial of service in the event stream header decoder in AWS SDK for Go v2
5.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
AWS SDK for Go v2 · AWS
before 2026-03-23 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89090
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89090
aws.amazon.com
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-110-aws/
github.com
https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/releases/tag/release-2026-03-23
github.com
https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/security/advisories/GHSA-xmrv-pmrh-hhx2
