CVE-2026-8838

critical

Published 2026-05-18 · Modified 2026-05-19

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

9.8

Description

Unsafe use of Python's eval() on server-received data in the vector_in() function in amazon-redshift-python-driver before 2.1.14 allows a rogue server or man-in-the-middle actor to execute arbitrary code on the client. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.14.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-033-aws/
https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/releases/tag/v2.1.14
https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/security/advisories/GHSA-29h4-r29x-hchv

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.