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CVE-2026-8838

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:c33cefa854d240b4243f9b5c897314dfef88bdce4873b00996c030b7400a69ac
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpac…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Amazon Redshift connector for Python","vendor":"AWS","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.1.13","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpac…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-033-aws/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/releases/tag/v2.1.14"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/security/advisories/GHSA-29h4-r29x-hchv"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7c0e171c1a35fe53dc849db56fe92408cfcefb714b9df9c72df987ae7b21b0d · sha256:d01958014953c4d5… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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