What is CVE-2025-5279?

CVE-2025-5279 is a vulnerability in Amazon Redshift, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. Published 2025-05-27.

Is CVE-2025-5279 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Amazon Redshift

CVE-2025-5279

When the Amazon Redshift Python Connector is configured with the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin, the driver skips the SSL certificate validation step for the Identity Provider. An insecure connection could allow an actor to intercept the token exchange process and retrieve an access token. This issue has been addressed in driver version 2.1.7. Users should upgrade to address this issue and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Amazon Redshift — versions 2.0.872

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5279?: CVE-2025-5279 is a vulnerability in Amazon Redshift, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. Published 2025-05-27.
Is CVE-2025-5279 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.