Improper Certificate Validation Affecting redshift-connector package, versions [2.0.872,2.1.7)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-REDSHIFTCONNECTOR-10259369
- published29 May 2025
- disclosed28 May 2025
- creditAmazon
Introduced: 28 May 2025
CVE-2025-5279 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade redshift-connector to version 2.1.7 or higher.
Overview
redshift-connector is a Redshift interface library
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation when using the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin. An attacker can intercept token exchange communication and retrieve an access token by leveraging the default configuration, which allows for insecure connections by skipping the SSL certificate validation for the Identity Provider.