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CVE-2025-24789

Snowflake JDBC allows an untrusted search path on Windows

Published: Jan 29, 2025Updated: Aug 20, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-426
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Snowflake JDBC provides a JDBC type 4 driver that supports core functionality, allowing Java program to connect to Snowflake. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake JDBC Driver. When the EXTERNALBROWSER authentication method is used on Windows, an attacker with write access to a directory in the %PATH% can escalate their privileges to the user that runs the vulnerable JDBC Driver version. This vulnerability affects versions 3.2.3 through 3.21.0 on Windows. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected Products

snowflake jdbcsnowflake
SaaS
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
snowflake-jdbcsnowflakedb
SaaS
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbcMavenOSS Libraries
snowflakecommercialUSDatabasesaka snowflake connector, streamlit
snowflakedbcommercialCloud & SaaSaka snowflake connector python, snowflake-jdbc, snowflake-connector-net
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/commit/4f01bb8f9b708c71e7a2111c87371dbfc1d53dd6
github.com
https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24789
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Jan 29, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 20, 2025

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