CVE-2022-42965 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00105.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Snowflake	Snowflake-connector-python

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:snowflake:snowflake-connector-python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7229	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
Github GHSA	GHSA-4r6j-fwcx-94cf	snowflake-connector-python is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: JFROG

Published: 2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T19:19:10.818Z

Reserved: 2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42965

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.532Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-09T20:15:10.820

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:25:41.780

Link: CVE-2022-42965

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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