CVE-2022-42965

Exponential ReDoS in snowflake-connector-python leads to denial of service

An exponential ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) can be triggered in the snowflake-connector-python PyPI package, when an attacker is able to supply arbitrary input to the undocumented get_file_transfer_type method

Affected

snowflake-connector-python

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 JFROG

3.7 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 GitHub

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile

Published

2022-11-09

Updated

2025-05-01

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/snowflake-connector-python-redos-xray-257185/

Security advisories

• https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/snowflake-connector-python-redos-xray-257185
• advisories/GHSA-4r6j-fwcx-94cf

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry