Code Execution Vulnerability in Amazon Redshift Python Driver by AWS
CVE-2026-8838

9.3CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Aws

Status
Amazon Redshift Connector For Python
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-8838?

A security vulnerability in the Amazon Redshift Python Driver allows a malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker to exploit unsafe usage of Python's eval() function on data received from a server. This can result in arbitrary code execution on the client side, which poses a significant security risk. Users are urged to upgrade to version 2.1.14 to mitigate this risk and safeguard their systems.

Affected Version(s)

Amazon Redshift connector for Python 0 <= 2.1.13

References

https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/rele...
patch
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-0...
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/secu...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
9.3
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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