Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle MySQL Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.43, 8.4.0-8.4.6 and 9.0.0-9.4.0. 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2025:23137 Released 2025-12-11 · Red Hat rating Moderatemysql:8.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+23550+bd321b9a.aarch64::mysql:8.4, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+23550+bd321b9a.ppc64le::mysql:8.4, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+23550+bd321b9a.s390x::mysql:8.4 +39
- RHSA-2025:23134 Released 2025-12-11 · Red Hat rating Moderatemysql:8.0 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd.aarch64::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd.ppc64le::mysql:8.0, mecab-0.996-2.module+el8.10.0+22857+7f331edd.s390x::mysql:8.0 +44
- RHSA-2025:23111 Released 2025-12-11 · Red Hat rating Moderatemysql:8.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mecab-0.996-3.module+el9.6.0+22713+cbf15e23.4.aarch64::mysql:8.4, mecab-0.996-3.module+el9.6.0+22713+cbf15e23.4.ppc64le::mysql:8.4, mecab-0.996-3.module+el9.6.0+22713+cbf15e23.4.s390x::mysql:8.4 +45
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:23109 Released 2025-12-11 · Red Hat rating Moderatemysql security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mysql-8.0.44-1.el9_7, mysql-common-8.0.44-1.el9_7, mysql-errmsg-8.0.44-1.el9_7 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) mysql-devel-8.0.44-1.el9_7, mysql-test-8.0.44-1.el9_7
- RHSA-2025:23008 Released 2025-12-10 · Red Hat rating Moderatemysql8.4 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) mysql8.4-8.4.7-1.el10_1, mysql8.4-common-8.4.7-1.el10_1, mysql8.4-errmsg-8.4.7-1.el10_1 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) mysql8.4-devel-8.4.7-1.el10_1, mysql8.4-test-8.4.7-1.el10_1, mysql8.4-test-data-8.4.7-1.el10_1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Oracle MySQL Server — oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html
9 records Highest priority Priority LOW 9 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-33052 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle MySQL ServerPriority LOW 25
- TI-2025-33068 Resource allocation without limits in Oracle MySQL ServerPriority LOW 23
- TI-2025-33066 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle MySQL ServerPriority LOW 23
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23008 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23134, RHSA-2025:23137 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23109, RHSA-2025:23111 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23008 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23109 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53054
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9gw-32r3-98xh
References
Advisory 1
More Oracle Mysql Server vulnerabilities
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- TI-2021-04451 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-04444 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-05762 Use after free in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-05807 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-53054 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-53054 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q9gw-32r3-98xh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-53054 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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