SCA: security update for net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc (GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420800

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2025-24789)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hpq-3g6w-pvhf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420800

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24789

cwe: CWE-426