CVE-2025-24793
SQL injection vulnerability in Snowflake Python connector (2.2.5-3.13.0). Fixed in 3.13.1.
- CVSS 7.0
- CWE-89
- Input Validation and Sanitization
- Remote
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. A function from the snowflake.connector.pandas_tools module is vulnerable to SQL injection. This vulnerability affects versions 2.2.5 through 3.13.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.13.1.
- CWE
- CWE-89
- CVSS base score
- 7.0
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- OWASP
- A03 Injection
- Orthogonal defect classification
- Interface
- Code defect classification
- Incorrect Functionality
- Category
- Input Validation and Sanitization
- Subcategory
- SQL Injection
- Accessibility scope
- Remote
- Impact
- Arbitrary Code Execution
- Affected component
- Snowflake Co
- Fixed by upgrading
- Yes
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.13.1 or later.
Vulnerable code sample
import snowflake.connector
import pandas as pd
from snowflake.connector.pandas_tools import write_pandas
def write_to_snowflake(conn, table_name, df):
escaped_table_name = table_name
success, nchunks, nrows, _ = write_pandas(conn,
df,
escaped_table_name,
auto_create_table=True,
table_type=None,
overwrite=False)
if __name__ == '__main__':
conn = snowflake.connector.connect(
user='your_user',
password='your_password',
account='your_account',
warehouse='your_warehouse',
database='your_database',
schema='your_schema'
)
data = {'col1': [1, 2, 3], 'col2': ['a', 'b', 'c']}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
table_name = "my_table; DROP TABLE my_table;"
try:
write_to_snowflake(conn, table_name, df)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error writing to Snowflake: {e}")
conn.close()Patched code sample
import snowflake.connector
import pandas as pd
from snowflake.connector.pandas_tools import write_pandas
import re
def sanitize_table_name(name):
if not re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*", name):
raise ValueError("Invalid table name")
return name.upper()
def write_to_snowflake(conn, table_name, df):
sanitazed_table_name = sanitize_table_name(table_name)
success, nchunks, nrows, _ = write_pandas(
conn,
df,
sanitazed_table_name,
auto_create_table=True,
table_type=None,
overwrite=False
)
if __name__ == '__main__':
conn = snowflake.connector.connect(
user='your_user',
password='your_password',
account='your_account',
warehouse='your_warehouse',
database='your_database',
schema='your_schema'
)
data = {'col1': [1, 2, 3], 'col2': ['a', 'b', 'c']}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
table_name = "my_table; DROP TABLE my_table;"
try:
write_to_snowflake(conn, table_name, df)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error writing to Snowflake: {e}")
conn.close()Payload
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Cite this entry
@misc{vaitp:cve202524793,
title = {{SQL injection vulnerability in Snowflake Python connector (2.2.5-3.13.0). Fixed in 3.13.1.
}},
author = {Bogaerts, Fr\'ed\'eric and Ivaki, Naghmeh and Fonseca, Jos\'e},
year = {2025},
note = {VAITP Python Vulnerability Dataset, entry CVE-2025-24793},
howpublished = {\url{https://netpack.pt/vaitp/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24793/}}
}
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