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TI-2023-08253 Aliases CVE-2023-21875GHSA-g4wm-6cvv-mf6f

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security…

Priority LOW 30Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.31 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01524 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OracleMySQL Serverup to 8.0.31—No fix listedCNA
  • MySQL Server VendorOracle Affected up to 8.0.31 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 – 8.0.31VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 – 8.0.31 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:3087 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    mysql:8.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.aarch64::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.ppc64le::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.8.0+18436+8918dd75.s390x::mysql:8.0 +44
  • RHSA-2023:2621 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    mysql security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mysql-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-errmsg-8.0.32-1.el9_2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) mysql-devel-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-libs-8.0.32-1.el9_2, mysql-test-8.0.32-1.el9_2
  • RHSA-2023:1102 Released 2023-03-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rh-mysql80-mysql security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-mysql80-mysql-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-config-8.0.32-1.el7 +8
    • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-mysql80-mysql-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-common-8.0.32-1.el7, rh-mysql80-mysql-config-8.0.32-1.el7 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3087
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2621
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:2621
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2023:1102
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2023:1102
Not affected: 7 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-21875
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4wm-6cvv-mf6f

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2017-02794 Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-05707 Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2003-00723 Buffer overflow in get_salt_from_password from sql_acl.cc for MySQL 4.0.14 and earlier… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2020-04444 RFD Attack via "Content-Disposition" Header Sourced from Request Input by Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux Application CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-00208 Multiple buffer overflows in yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-01888 Segmentation fault in SSL_check_chain CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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