CVE-2025-24789 – net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc

Package

Manager: maven
Name: net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc
Vulnerable Version: >=3.2.3 <3.22.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00037 pctl0.09965

Details

Snowflake JDBC allows an untrusted search path on Windows ### Issue 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. ### Vulnerability Details When the EXTERNALBROWSER authentication method is selected, the Snowflake JDBC Driver on non-macOS operating systems tries to open the SSO URL using xdg-open. Because xdg-open is a Linux program that doesn’t exist in a default Windows installation, a sufficiently privileged attacker could place a malicious executable in one of the directories on the %PATH% and achieve local privilege escalation to the user running the JDBC Driver. ### Solution Snowflake released version 3.22.0 of the Snowflake JDBC Driver, which fixes this issue. We recommend users upgrade to version 3.22.0. ### Additional Information If you discover a security vulnerability in one of our products or websites, please report the issue to HackerOne. For more information, please see our [Vulnerability Disclosure Policy](https://hackerone.com/snowflake?type=team).

Metadata

Created: 2025-01-29T18:41:57Z
Modified: 2025-01-29T18:41:57Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/01/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-426"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf
Finding: F297
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