# CVE-2024-12746: SQL Injection in the Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver affecting v2.1.5.0

> A SQL injection vulnerability in the Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver allows attackers to escalate privileges via metadata APIs.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g63m-5vjv-wr3v

## What is CVE-2024-12746?

CVE-2024-12746 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver, published on 24 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A SQL injection in the Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver v2.1.5.0 (Windows or Linux) allows a user to gain escalated privileges via the SQLTables or SQLColumns Metadata APIs. Users are recommended to upgrade to the driver version 2.1.6.0 or revert to driver version 2.1.4.0.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12746?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Amazon Redshift Odbc Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12746 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver, published on 24 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Amazon Redshift ODBC Driver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12746/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12746

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12746/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.