CVE-2026-8838
⛔ criticalSummary
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 Score
9.8
Critical
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-18
First Seen: 2026-05-19
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Very High Risk - more severe than 90.5% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.
#31,067
Top 10% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 19, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
YES
Can be exploited automatically
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
🏆 Discovered By
Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-05-19
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
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
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
