Snowflake NodeJS Driver vulnerable to Command Injection

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

7.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

• CVE-2023-34232: 1.90% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 79.67 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Issue Snowflake was informed via our bug bounty program of a command injection vulnerability in the Snowflake NodeJS driver via SSO browser URL authentication. Impacted driver package: snowflake-connector-nodejs Impacted version range: before Version 1.6.21 Attack Scenario In order to exploit the potential for command injection, an attacker would need to be successful in (1) establishing a malicious resource and (2) redirecting users to utilize the resource. The attacker could set up a malicious, publicly accessible server which responds to the SSO URL with an attack payload. If the attacker then tricked a user into visiting the maliciously crafted connection URL, the user’s local machine would render the malicious payload, leading to a remote code execution. This attack scenario can be mitigated through URL whitelisting as well as common anti-phishing resources. Solution On April 18, 2023, Snowflake merged a patch that fixed a command injection vulnerability in the Snowflake NodeJS…

Published by the source

9 Jun 2023, 22:53 UTC

Last modified by the source

8 Nov 2023, 04:12 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c

2. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-34232

Advisory: Snowflake NodeJS Driver vulnerable to Command Injection
IDs: CVE-2023-34232, GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-34232 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:27 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: snowflake-sdk 1.6.21. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm snowflake-sdk: affected < 1.6.21; fixed in 1.6.21

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls snowflake-sdk --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on snowflake-sdk.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c (OSV record GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c lists affected ranges: npm snowflake-sdk >=0 <1.6.21 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c lists affected ranges: npm snowflake-sdk >=0 <1.6.21)

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