Critical 9.8Published May 18, 2026

CVE-2026-8838Remote Code Execution via eval() Injection in amazon-redshift-python-driver

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:10 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: AMZN
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: May 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

AWS Amazon Redshift connector for Python aws:amazon_redshift_connector_for_python (from the name)	through 2.1.13	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/releases/tag/v2.1.14	patch
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-hchv	third-party-advisory

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