Path traversal in Snowflake Python APIs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Insufficient input sanitization in Snowflake Python API (`snowflake.core`) versions prior to 1.13.0 allowed confused-deputy privilege escalation through two related weaknesses: path traversal (CWE-22) via unencoded `..` identifier path segments, and HTTP parameter pollution (CWE-141) via unencoded `&`/`#`/`=` characters in query string values. An attacker with access to a downstream application built on snowflake.core could exploit the path traversal by supplying `..` as an object name, causing `snowflake.core` to issue REST requests against a parent resource or exploit the parameter pollution by injecting `&`/`#`/`=` into a free-form name field to override constraints on swap, clone, or rename operations — all executed under the application's privileged session. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to control an identifier or object-name string in an application built on snowflake.core that passes it to `snowflake.core` under a higher-privileged Snowflake session (e.g., an EXECUTE AS OWNER stored procedure, Streamlit app, or Native App). The fix is available in Snowflake Python API version 1.13.0, which also addresses several additional security findings. Users must manually upgrade.
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Snowflake Python APIs (Snowflake) Fixed in 1.13.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19594
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qfpg-v669-8p3h
References
Other 1
More Snowflake vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-20945 Exponential ReDoS in snowflake-connector-python leads to denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-02844 snowflakedb snowflake-jdbc JDBC URL SdkProxyRoutePlanner.java SdkProxyRoutePlanner redos CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2026-13340 Improper TLS Hostname Verification in Snowflake Connector for Python CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-09272 Streamlit Palette hashing.py weak hash CVSS 4.0LOW 2.0
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-19594 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19594 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qfpg-v669-8p3h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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