CVE-2023-34232 Snowflake NodeJS Driver vulnerable to Command Injection
Attackers can achieve remote code execution on user machines by tricking them into visiting a malicious SSO connection URL in the Snowflake NodeJS driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-34232?
CVE-2023-34232 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in snowflakedb snowflake-connector-nodejs, published on 8 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
snowflake-connector-nodejs, a NodeJS driver for Snowflake, is vulnerable to command injection via single sign on (SSO) browser URL authentication in versions prior to 1.6.21. 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. Version 1.6.21 contains a patch for this issue.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34232?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including snowflake-sdk. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
snowflake-sdk npm | All versions | 1.6.21 |
snowflake-sdk npm | All versions | 1.6.21 |
Products include Snowflake Snowflake Connector.
How do I fix CVE-2023-34232?
Upgrade snowflake-sdk to 1.6.21 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2023-34232 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34232 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in snowflakedb snowflake-connector-nodejs
- CVE-2023-34230 Snowflake Connector vulnerable to Command Injection
- CVE-2023-34233 Snowflake Python Connector vulnerable to Command Injection
- CVE-2025-24793 Snowflake Connector for Python has an SQL Injection in write_pandas
- CVE-2025-24794 The Snowflake Connector for Python uses insecure deserialization of the OCSP response cache
- CVE-2023-51662 Snowflake Connector .NET does not properly check the Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h53w-7qw7-vh5c.