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MEDIUM
CVE-2025-24790
Snowflake JDBC Driver World-Readable Temporary Credential Cache Vulnerability
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. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake JDBC Driver will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 3.6.8 through 3.21.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.

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Published Date :

Jan. 29, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 29, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Snowflake snowflake_jdbc
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/commit/9e1a5acf12406b16c4780ca013f4c4db48b74b59
https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-33g6-495w-v8j2

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake JDBC Driver will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 3.6.8 through 3.21.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-276
    Added Reference https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/commit/9e1a5acf12406b16c4780ca013f4c4db48b74b59
    Added Reference https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-33g6-495w-v8j2
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