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CVE-2025-8865
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.1 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-08-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected products
- YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB: from 2024.1.0.0 before 2024.1.3.0; from 2024.2.0.0 before 2024.2.2.5; from 2.20.0.0 before 2.20.9.0 — fixed in 2.20.9.0, 2024.1.3.0, 2024.2.2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB 2.20.9.0, 2024.1.3.0, 2024.2.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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