Snowflake JDBC allows an untrusted search path on Windows

Exploitation

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

CVSS

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

EPSS

• CVE-2025-24789: 0.26% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 17.48 (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 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. Vulnerability Details When the EXTERNALBROWSER authentication method is selected, the Snowflake JDBC Driver on non-macOS operating systems tries to open the SSO URL using xdg-open. Because xdg-open is a Linux program that doesn’t exist in a default Windows installation, a sufficiently privileged attacker could place a malicious executable in one of the directories on the %PATH% and achieve local privilege escalation to the user running the JDBC Driver. Solution Snowflake released version 3.22.0 of the Snowflake JDBC Driver, which fixes this issue. We recommend users upgrade…

Published by the source

29 Jan 2025, 18:41 UTC

Last modified by the source

29 Jan 2025, 18:41 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:34 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-24789

Advisory: Snowflake JDBC allows an untrusted search path on Windows
IDs: CVE-2025-24789, GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-24789 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:34 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc 3.22.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc: affected >= 3.2.3, <= 3.21.0; fixed in 3.22.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc: check the installed version with your package manager.

## 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 net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc.
- 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://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf lists affected ranges: Maven net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc >=3.2.3 <=3.21.0)

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