CVE-2025-24795 The Snowflake Connector for Python uses insecure cache files permissions
Local attackers can read cached Snowflake credentials from world-readable files on Linux when temporary caching is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-24795?
CVE-2025-24795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in snowflakedb snowflake-connector-python, published on 29 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Snowflake Connector for Python provides an interface for developing Python applications that can connect to Snowflake and perform all standard operations. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake Connector for Python. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake Connector for Python will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 2.3.7 through 3.13.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.13.1.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24795?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including snowflake-connector-python. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
snowflake-connector-python PyPI | From 2.3.7 | 3.13.1 |
snowflake-connector-python PyPI | From 2.3.7 | 3.13.1 |
snowflake-connector-python PyPI | From 2.3.7 | 3.13.1 |
Products include Snowflake Snowflake Connector.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24795?
Upgrade snowflake-connector-python to 3.13.1 or later.
Is CVE-2025-24795 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24795 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in snowflakedb snowflake-connector-python
- CVE-2023-34230 Snowflake Connector vulnerable to Command Injection
- CVE-2023-34232 Snowflake NodeJS Driver 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
Sources
Also known as ECHO-83e7-e40a-49ea, GHSA-r2x6-cjg7-8r43, MINI-837h-67rh-j3wj, PYSEC-2025-28.