Improper OCSP response validation in Snowflake drivers
Published Sep 4, 2026
7.4
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
Description
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 Snowflake Connector for Python v4.7.3, Snowflake Go Driver v2.2.0, Snowflake JDBC Driver v4.3.4 (including the snowflake-jdbc-fips and snowflake-jdbc-thin), and Snowflake Node.js Driver v3.3.0. Users must manually upgrade.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.7.3
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=1.19.1
- Version 2.0.0StatusaffectedConstraints<2.2.0
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.3.4
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.3.4
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<4.3.4
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<3.3.0
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
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| Snowflake | Snowflake Connector for Python | unaffected |
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| Snowflake | Snowflake Go Driver | unaffected |
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| Snowflake | Snowflake JDBC Driver | unaffected |
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| Snowflake | Snowflake JDBC Driver (FIPS) | unaffected |
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| Snowflake | Snowflake JDBC Driver (Thin) | unaffected |
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| Snowflake | Snowflake Node.js Driver | unaffected |
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Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
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| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9 | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This vulnerability is rated as Important because improper OCSP response validation in Snowflake drivers, utilized by Red Hat OpenShift AI, could enable a man-in-the-middle attacker to intercept and modify data. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to possess a revoked TLS certificate and its corresponding private key for a Snowflake or stage hostname, along with a network position to intercept traffic, thereby limiting the attack surface.
Red Hat mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85525 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528435 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/golang-2026
- https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/jdbc-2026
- https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/clients-drivers/nodejs-2026
- https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-python/releases/tag/v4.7.3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85525
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85525
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