The Snowflake Connector for Python uses insecure cache files permissions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake Connector for Python will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 2.3.7 through 3.13.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.13.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowflake | snowflake-connector-python | 2.3.7 to before 3.13.1 | 3.13.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | snowflake-connector-python (PyPI) | 2.3.7 to before 3.13.1 | 3.13.1 | Patch available | GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43 |
- snowflake-connector-python VendorSnowflake Affected 2.3.7 to before 3.13.1 Fixed in 3.13.1 Patch available CNA
- snowflake-connector-python (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3.7 to before 3.13.1 Fixed in 3.13.1 Patch available GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43
Remediation
- Fix · CNA snowflake-connector-python (snowflakedb) Fixed in 3.13.1
- Fix · GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43 snowflake-connector-python (PyPI) Fixed in 3.13.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-24795
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43
References
Advisory 2
More Snowflake Connector vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-20945 Exponential ReDoS in snowflake-connector-python leads to denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-17069 Snowflake Python Connector vulnerable to Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-17068 Snowflake NodeJS Driver vulnerable to Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-17066 Snowflake Connector vulnerable to Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-18511 The Snowflake Connector for Python uses insecure deserialization of the OCSP response cache CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-18510 Snowflake Connector for Python has an SQL Injection in write_pandas CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-24795 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-24795 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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