CVE-2025-24789: Snowflake JDBC allows an untrusted search path on Windows
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. 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-24789
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
Affected Products
Vendor: snowflakedb
Product: snowflake-jdbc
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.77% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-28 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhfhttps://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/commit/4f01bb8f9b708c71e7a2111c87371dbfc1d53dd6