AWS athena: Athena release notes: JDBC driver 3.8.1 with security fixes
Summary
Adds the August 28, 2026 release note announcing JDBC driver version 3.8.1, which upgrades the bundled Netty dependency to include security fixes and is recommended for keeping connections to Athena secure.
Security assessment
The change announces and recommends a driver release whose bundled Netty dependency was upgraded to include security fixes, i.e., remediation of vulnerabilities in the shipped client driver. No specific CVE is named in the diff, so it is a dependency security fix advisory rather than a CVE-specific disclosure.
Evidence
+With Athena, you can now use JDBC driver version 3.8.1. This maintenance release upgrades the bundled Netty dependency to include security fixes, along with additional fixes and improvements. To help keep your connections to Athena secure, we recommend upgrading to this driver version.
Diff
diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md b/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md index c6147f68b..1bfb42a39 100644 --- a//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md +++ b//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md @@ -39,0 +40,4 @@ Describes Amazon Athena features, improvements, and bug fixes by release date. +### August 28, 2026 + +With Athena, you can now use JDBC driver version 3.8.1. This maintenance release upgrades the bundled Netty dependency to include security fixes, along with additional fixes and improvements. To help keep your connections to Athena secure, we recommend upgrading to this driver version. This driver version is available in all AWS Regions where Athena is supported. For more information about this version of the driver, see [Amazon Athena JDBC 3.x release notes](./jdbc-v3-driver-release-notes.html). To download the latest JDBC driver, see [JDBC 3.x driver download](./jdbc-v3-driver.html#jdbc-v3-driver-download). +