CVE-2025-5279 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-5279

Issue with Amazon Redshift Python Connector and the BrowserAzureOAuth2CredentialsProvider plugin

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Redshift
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.872

Timeline

Official Publish: May 27th, 2025
Last Modified: October 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle
Credential Access
T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1071 Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact