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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-18 | Published 2026-05-18 | Updated 2026-05-19 | Assigner AMZN




CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CRITICAL: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

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

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Credits

Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences finder

References

github.com/...on-redshift-python-driver/releases/tag/v2.1.14 patch

aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-033-aws/ vendor-advisory

github.com/...driver/security/advisories/GHSA-29h4-r29x-hchv third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-8838)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-8838)

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