CVE-2026-8838

CRITICAL 9.8

Remote Code Execution via eval() Injection in amazon-redshift-python-driver

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-94
Vendor	aws
Product	amazon redshift connector for python
Published	May 18, 2026
Last Updated	May 19, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

AWS / Amazon Redshift connector for Python

0 ≤ 2.1.13

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences