CVE-2026-8838

Name: CVE-2026-8838
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2026-05-18T21:16:41.623+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

CRITICALCVSS 9.3/10EPSS 0.81%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

This CVE is reserved or awaiting analysis. Details will appear once published by NVD.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

9.8/10

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

CVSS 4.0

9.3/10

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS Probability

0.81%

52.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

References

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Awaiting Analysis

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Source: NVD / NIST