CVE-2023-34231: snowflake gosnowflake Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-34231 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Command Injection vulnerability in snowflake gosnowflake. EPSS estimates a 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-06-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-01-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

gosnowflake is th Snowflake Golang driver. Prior to version 1.6.19, a command injection vulnerability exists in the Snowflake Golang driver via single sign-on (SSO) browser URL authentication. In order to exploit the potential for command injection, an attacker would need to be successful in (1) establishing a malicious resource and (2) redirecting users to utilize the resource. The attacker could set up a malicious, publicly accessible server which responds to the SSO URL with an attack payload. If the attacker then tricked a user into visiting the maliciously crafted connection URL, the user’s local machine would render the malicious payload, leading to a remote code execution. This attack scenario can be mitigated through URL whitelisting as well as common anti-phishing resources. A patch is available in version 1.6.19.

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.