CVE-2026-8838: critical vulnerability in AWS Amazon Redshift connector for Python
Remote Code Execution via eval() Injection in amazon-redshift-python-driver
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48Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 9.3epss 0.8%
from disclosure to weapon1 day
Published on NVDMay 18
1st PoC+1d
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
AWS · Amazon Redshift connector for Pythonpublic PoCs found — 2
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