SCA: security update for com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 (GHSA-wmmv-vvg5-993q)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441842

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue exists in Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver versions prior to 2.2.2. Under certain conditions, the
driver could load and execute arbitrary classes when processing JDBC connection URL parameters. An actor
who can influence the connection URL could potentially execute code in the application context, provided a
suitable class is available on the application's classpath. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade
to version 2.2.2 or later. (CVE-2026-8178)

Solution

Update the com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 library and its related packages to version 2.2.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 441842

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 5/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8178

cwe: CWE-470

Detections

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