CVE-2026-85525
CVE-2026-85525
Improper OCSP response validation in the Snowflake Python, Go, JDBC, and Node.js drivers allowed a revoked TLS certificate to be accepted as valid, because OCSP responses were not reliably bound to the certificate being validated and definitive verification failures were treated as transient. A man-in-the-middle attacker holding a revoked certificate and its private key for a Snowflake or stage hostname could cause the driver to establish a TLS session to the attacker-controlled endpoint anyway, allowing the attacker to read and modify data transmitted within that connection. Successful exploitation requires that on-path position and the corresponding private key, and impact is limited to data carried within the intercepted connection. The fix is available in the patched versions listed above. Users must manually upgrade.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-85525?
- CVE-2026-85525 is a high-severity vulnerability, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-09-04.
- How severe is CVE-2026-85525?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.