# CVE-2024-32888: Amazon JDBC Driver for Redshift SQL Injection via line comment generation

- Also known as: GHSA-X3WM-HFFR-CHWM
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.0.28
- Published: 2024-05-15 · Updated: 2025-06-12

## Affected

- aws amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver: fixed in 2.1.0.28
- com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42 (Maven): fixed in 2.1.0.28

## Description

The Amazon JDBC Driver for Redshift is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in the Java Platform, Enterprise Editions. Prior to version 2.1.0.28, SQL injection is possible when using the non-default connection property `preferQueryMode=simple` in combination with application code which has a vulnerable SQL that negates a parameter value. There is no vulnerability in the driver when using the default, extended query mode. Note that `preferQueryMode` is not a supported parameter in Redshift JDBC driver, and is inherited code from Postgres JDBC driver. Users who do not override default settings to utilize this unsupported query mode are not affected. This issue is patched in driver version 2.1.0.28. As a workaround, do not use the connection property `preferQueryMode=simple`. (NOTE: Those who do not explicitly specify a query mode use the default of extended query mode and are not affected by this issue.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aws amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver, com.amazon.redshift:redshift-jdbc42, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.0.28) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver/security/advisories/GHSA-x3wm-hffr-chwm
- https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-24rp-q3w6-vc56
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver/commit/0d354a5f26ca23f7cac4e800e3b8734220230319
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver/commit/12a5e8ecfbb44c8154fc66041cca2e20ecd7b339
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-jdbc-driver/commit/bc93694201a291493778ce5369a72befeca5ba7d

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