vulnerability
Oracle MySQL: CVE-2025-21490: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 21, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Added
Jan 22, 2025
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Solutions
mysql-upgrade-8_0_41mysql-upgrade-8_4_4mysql-upgrade-9_2_0
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