# CVE-2023-51662: Snowflake Connector .NET does not properly check the Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

- Also known as: GHSA-HWCC-4CV8-CF3H
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.5
- Published: 2023-12-22 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- snowflakedb snowflake-connector-net: from 2.0.25, through 2.1.4
- Snowflake.Data (NuGet): from 2.0.25, fixed in 2.1.5

## Description

The Snowflake .NET driver provides an interface to the Microsoft .NET open source software framework for developing applications. Snowflake recently received a report about a vulnerability in the Snowflake Connector .NET where the checks against the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) were not performed where the insecureMode flag was set to false, which is the default setting. The vulnerability affects versions between 2.0.25 and 2.1.4 (inclusive). Snowflake fixed the issue in version 2.1.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on snowflakedb snowflake-connector-net, Snowflake.Data, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-net/security/advisories/GHSA-hwcc-4cv8-cf3h
- https://docs.snowflake.com/release-notes/clients-drivers/dotnet-2023#version-2-1-5-december-18-2023

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