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Oracle MySQL: CVE-2025-21546: Incorrect Authorization

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 21, 2025
Added
Jan 22, 2025
Modified
Jun 15, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges). 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 update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Solutions

mysql-upgrade-8_0_41mysql-upgrade-8_4_4mysql-upgrade-9_2_0
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