Vulnerability in com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 (CVE-2026-8178)
Summary
Vulnerability in com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 (CVE-2026-8178). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.2.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-8178 has been found in com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.1/10.
What to do: upgrade com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 to 2.2.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 CVE-2026-8178" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-8178 (com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42) — CWE-470 / CVSS v3 8.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2.2.2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-470) exists in com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.1/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 2.2.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 to 2.2.2ステージング環境で 2.2.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory aws.amazon.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- AWS aws.amazon.com
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- web aws.amazon.com
- web github.com