What is CVE-2023-51662?

CVE-2023-51662 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snowflake Connector, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-51662?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Snowflake Connector

CVE-2023-51662

The Snowflake .NET driver provides an interface to the Microsoft .NET open source software framework for developing applications. Snowflake recently received a report about a vulnerability in the Snowflake Connector .NET where the checks against the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) were not performed where the insecureMode flag was set to false, which is the default setting. The vulnerability affects versions between 2.0.25 and 2.1.4 (inclusive). Snowflake fixed the issue in version 2.1.5.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.003 (27.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Snowflake Snowflake_connector
Snowflakedb Snowflake-connector-net — versions >= 2.0.25, <= 2.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-51662?: CVE-2023-51662 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snowflake Connector, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-51662?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.