CVE•Published 2026-05-18•Modified 2026-05-19•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-8838
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-18
Modified 2026-05-19
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-8838Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-8838Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-8838Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-8838GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-8838" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.