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CVE-2024-21511

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.7 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to improper sanitization of the timezone parameter in the readCodeFor function by calling a native MySQL Server date/time function.

Affected products

• Mysql2: before 3.9.7 — fixed in 3.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mysql2 3.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
• https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046

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