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CVE-2026-8838 - Remote Code Execution in amazon-redshift-python-driver

Bulletin ID: 2026-033-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 05/18/2026 13:45 PM PDT Description: amazon-redshift-python-driver is the official Python connector for Amazon Redshift. We identified a code injection issue in versions 2.1.13 and earlier that could allow a rogue server or man-in-the-middle to execute arbitrary code on the client. Impacted versions:

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