When the Amazon Redshift Python Connector is configured with the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin, the driver skips the SSL certificate validation step for the Identity Provider. An insecure connection could allow an actor to intercept the token exchange process and retrieve an access token. This issue has been addressed in driver version 2.1.7. Users should upgrade to address this issue and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - When the Amazon Redshift Python Connector is configured with the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider
    plugin, the driver skips the SSL certificate validation step for the Identity Provider. An insecure
    connection could allow an actor to intercept the token exchange process and retrieve an access token. This
    issue has been addressed in driver version 2.1.7. Users should upgrade to address this issue and ensure
    any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. (CVE-2025-5279)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
462984	Echo: redshift-connector: security update to 2.1.7	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
462984	Echo: redshift-connector: security update to 2.1.7	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
427755	SCA: security update for redshift-connector (GHSA-r244-wg5g-6w2r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
427755	SCA: security update for redshift-connector (GHSA-r244-wg5g-6w2r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-5279

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Tenable Plugins

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