Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-5279

Amazon Redshift

Issue with Amazon Redshift Python Connector and the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin

CVSS 4.0
7.0High

Official description

When the Amazon Redshift Python Connector is configured with the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin, the driver skips the SSL certificate validation step for the Identity Provider. An insecure connection could allow an actor to intercept the token exchange process and retrieve an access token. This issue has been addressed in driver version 2.1.7. Users should upgrade to address this issue and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.0High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (AMZN) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Amazon Redshift 2.0.872 ≤ v < 2.1.7 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-05-27
Last updated
2025-10-14
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
AMZN

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.31%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
23.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-295
    Improper Certificate Validation