CVE-2025-21520

Severity: low (CVSS 1.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Options). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 1.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Affected products

Oracle Corporation MySQL Cluster: from 7.6.0 through 7.6.32; from 8.0.0 through 8.0.40; from 8.4.0 through 8.4.3; from 9.0.0 through 9.1.0
MySQL Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.0.40; from 8.4.0 through 8.4.3; from 9.0.0 through 9.1.0

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