Snowflake JDBC Driver 3.6.8-3.21.0: World-Readable Temp Credential Cache
CVE-2025-24790 Published on January 29, 2025

Snowflake JDBC uses insecure temporary credential cache file permissions
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.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-24790 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Affected Versions

snowflakedb snowflake-jdbc Version >= 3.6.8, < 3.22.0 is affected by CVE-2025-24790

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.09%
Percentile
25.14%

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