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SCA: security update for redshift-connector (GHSA-29h4-r29x-hchv)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442484

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2026-8838)

Solution

Update the redshift-connector library and its related packages to version 2.1.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29h4-r29x-hchv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 442484

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/30/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8838

cwe: CWE-94