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CVE-2026-8178

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Description

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.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.2 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Published
2026-05-08 19:16:31.827000
Last modified
2026-10-26 18:10:00.173000
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  "published": "2026-05-08T19:16:31.827",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T18:10:00.173",
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      "value": "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.\n\n\n\nTo mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.2.2 or later."
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      "value": "Existe un problema en las versiones del controlador JDBC de Amazon Redshift anteriores a la 2.2.2. Bajo ciertas condiciones, el controlador podría cargar y ejecutar clases arbitrarias al procesar los parámetros de la URL de conexión JDBC. Un actor que puede influir en la URL de conexión podría potencialmente ejecutar código en el contexto de la aplicación, siempre que una clase adecuada esté disponible en el classpath de la aplicación.\n\nPara mitigar este problema, los usuarios deben actualizarse a la versión 2.2.2 o posterior."
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