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Echo: redshift-connector: security update to 2.1.7

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462984

Description

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)

Solution

Update the redshift-connector library and its related packages to version 2.1.7 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-5279

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 462984

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5279

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5279