What is CVE-2025-24790?

CVE-2025-24790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-24790?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2025-24790

Snowflake JDBC provides a JDBC type 4 driver that supports core functionality, allowing Java program to connect to Snowflake. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake JDBC Driver. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake JDBC Driver will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 3.6.8 through 3.21.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Snowflake Snowflake_jdbc
Snowflakedb Snowflake-jdbc — versions >= 3.6.8, < 3.22.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24790?: CVE-2025-24790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-24790?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.