CVE-2026-8838

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

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: May 18, 2026
Updated: May 19, 2026
Reserved: May 18, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.3 Critical	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	AMZN
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	AMZN

Weaknesses

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Amazon Redshift connector for PythonAWS	2.1.13 and earlierAffected

References

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

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