CVE-2026-8178

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS8.1

Exploit probability—

ProductCom.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42

PublishedMay 8, 2026

First seenMay 8, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-470CWE-470

How to fix

Update

com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc422.2.2 or later

Patches

github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver/releases/tag/v2.2.2

Vendor advisories

aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-028-aws/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42Maven	v < 2.2.2	2.2.2

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