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CVE-2025-24794

The Snowflake Connector for Python uses insecure deserialization of the OCSP response cache

Published: Jan 29, 2025Updated: Aug 25, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-502
NVD MITRE
6.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Snowflake Connector for Python provides an interface for developing Python applications that can connect to Snowflake and perform all standard operations. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake Connector for Python. The OCSP response cache uses pickle as the serialization format, potentially leading to local privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects versions 2.7.12 through 3.13.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.13.1.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-502

Affected Products

snowflake connectorsnowflake
SaaS
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
snowflake-connector-pythonPyPIOSS Libraries
snowflake-connector-pythonsnowflakedb
SaaS
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
snowflakecommercialUSDatabasesaka snowflake connector, streamlit
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
snowflakedbcommercialCloud & SaaSaka snowflake connector python, snowflake-jdbc, snowflake-connector-net

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python/commit/3769b43822357c3874c40f5e74068458c2dc79af
github.com
https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python/security/advisories/GHSA-m4f6-vcj4-w5mx
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24794
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Jan 29, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 25, 2025

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