# CVE-2025-27496: Snowflake JDBC Driver client-side encryption key in DEBUG logs

- Also known as: GHSA-Q298-375F-5Q63
- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.23.1
- Published: 2025-03-13 · Updated: 2025-03-13

## Affected

- snowflakedb snowflake-jdbc: from 3.0.13, fixed in 3.23.1
- net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc (Maven): from 3.0.13, fixed in 3.23.1

## Description

Snowflake, a platform for using artificial intelligence in the context of cloud computing, has a vulnerability in the Snowflake JDBC driver ("Driver") in versions 3.0.13 through 3.23.0 of the driver. When the logging level was set to DEBUG, the Driver would log locally the client-side encryption master key of the target stage during the execution of GET/PUT commands. This key by itself does not grant access to any sensitive data without additional access authorizations, and is not logged server-side by Snowflake. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.23.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on snowflakedb snowflake-jdbc, net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc, upgrade to a fixed version (3.23.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/security/advisories/GHSA-q298-375f-5q63
- https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-jdbc/commit/ef81582ce2f1dbc3c8794a696c94f4fe65fad507

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