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CVE-2021-46659 json

MariaDB before 10.7.2 allows an application crash because it does not recognize that SELECT_LEX::nest_level is local to each VIEW.

published 2022-01-29 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-mariadb-2021-46659 , BIT-mariadb-min-2021-46659 , BIT-mysql-client-2021-46659 , EUVD-2021-33335

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MariaDB before 10.7.2 allows an application crash because it does not recognize that SELECT_LEX::nest_level is local to each VIEW.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami mariadb 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14, 10.6.6, 10.7.2
  • bitnami mariadb-min 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14, 10.6.6, 10.7.2
  • bitnami mysql-client 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14, 10.6.6, 10.7.2
  • mariadb mariadb 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14, 10.6.6, 10.7.2
  • mariadb-10.5 Debian 11 1:10.5.15-0+deb11u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46659

  • mariadb-10.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:10.3.34-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46659

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • mysql-selinux RHEL 9 1.0.5-1.el9_0
  • galera RHEL 9 26.4.11-1.el9_0
  • mariadb RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • mariadb-pam RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • mariadb-test RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • mariadb-backup RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • mariadb-common RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • mariadb-errmsg RHEL 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:5948RHSA-2022:6306RHSA-2022:6443RHSA-2022:5826RHSA-2022:5759RHSA-2023:6821

  • mariadb104 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.4.30-8.5.46
  • lz4 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.8.0-3.5.2
  • python-mysqlclient SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.3.14-8.9.2
  • mariadb-connector-c SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 3.1.22-2.35.1
  • mariadb SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 10.6.8-150400.3.7.1
  • mariadb SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 10.5.15-150300.3.15.1
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 10.2.43-3.47.1
  • mariadb SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +7 more 10.4.24-3.25.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2023:4991-1SUSE-RU-2023:3956-1SUSE-SU-2022:2561-1SUSE-SU-2022:0731-2SUSE-SU-2022:0782-1SUSE-SU-2022:0731-1

  • mariadb openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.7.3-1.1
  • mariadb openSUSE Leap 15.3 10.5.15-150300.3.15.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11867-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0731-1

  • Judy AlmaLinux 8 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+3139+3c630e87
  • Judy AlmaLinux 8 1.0.5-18.module_el8.6.0+3072+3c630e87
  • galera AlmaLinux 8 25.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b
  • mariadb AlmaLinux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b
  • mariadb-test AlmaLinux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b
  • mariadb-backup AlmaLinux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b
  • mariadb-common AlmaLinux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b
  • mariadb-errmsg AlmaLinux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module_el8.6.0+3265+230ed96b

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:6443ALSA-2022:5948ALSA-2022:5826

  • Judy Rocky Linux 8 1.0.5-18.module+el8.4.0+427+adf35707
  • galera Rocky Linux 8 25.3.35-1.module+el8.6.0+1005+cdf19c22
  • mariadb Rocky Linux 8 3:10.3.35-1.module+el8.6.0+1005+cdf19c22
  • mysql-selinux Rocky Linux 9 1.0.5-1.el9_0
  • galera Rocky Linux 9 26.4.11-1.el9_0
  • mariadb Rocky Linux 9 3:10.5.16-2.el9_0
  • galera Rocky Linux 8 26.4.11-1.module+el8.6.0+995+5ac2a483
  • mariadb Rocky Linux 8 3:10.5.16-2.module+el8.6.0+995+5ac2a483

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:6443RLSA-2022:5948RLSA-2022:5826

  • mariadb Alpine 3.12 10.4.24-r0
  • mariadb Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 10.5.15-r0
  • mariadb Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +7 more 10.6.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-46659

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • mariadb CBL-Mariner 2.0 10.6.7-1

azure linux advisories AZL-8454

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-46659 updated cvss 5.5

mariadb: Crash executing query with VIEW, aggregate and subquery

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-common, mariadb-config, mariadb-errmsg, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) mariadb-test 10.5.16-2.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5948
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) Judy 1.0.5-18.module+el8+2765+cfa4f87b, Judy 1.0.5-18.module+el8.4.0+9031+9abc7af9, galera 25.3.35-1.module+el8.6.0+15949+4ba4ec26, galera 26.4.11-1.module+el8.6.0+15639+405b7427, mariadb 10.3.35-1.module+el8.6.0+15949+4ba4ec26, mariadb 10.5.16-2.module+el8.6.0+15639+405b7427, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6443
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) mariadb 10.5.16-2.el9_0, mariadb-pam 10.5.16-2.el9_0, mariadb-backup 10.5.16-2.el9_0, mariadb-common 10.5.16-2.el9_0, mariadb-errmsg 10.5.16-2.el9_0, mariadb-server 10.5.16-2.el9_0, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5948
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) Judy 1.0.5-18.module+el8.4.0+9031+9abc7af9, galera 26.4.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-pam 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-test 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-backup 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) Judy 1.0.5-18.module+el8.4.0+9031+9abc7af9, galera 26.4.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-pam 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-test 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-backup 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) Judy 1.0.5-18.module+el8.4.0+9031+9abc7af9, galera 26.4.14-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-pam 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-test 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, mariadb-backup 10.5.22-1.module+el8.4.0+20291+fd32d29c, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6821
  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-mariadb103-mariadb 10.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-pam 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb103-mariadb-test 10.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-libs 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-test 10.5.16-2.el7, +32 more Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-mariadb103-mariadb 10.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-pam 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb103-mariadb-test 10.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-libs 10.5.16-2.el7, rh-mariadb105-mariadb-test 10.5.16-2.el7, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:6306
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) galera 26.4.11-1.el9_0, mysql-selinux 1.0.5-1.el9_0 Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-mariadb103-galera 25.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-galera 26.4.11-1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-mariadb103-galera 25.3.35-1.el7, rh-mariadb105-galera 26.4.11-1.el7
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • jira.mariadb.org https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25631 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mariadb
>=5.5.0, <10.2.42
>=10.3.0, <10.3.33
>=10.4.0, <10.4.23
>=10.5.0, <10.5.14
>=10.6.0, <10.6.6
>=10.7.0, <10.7.2
10.2.42
10.3.33
10.4.23
10.5.14
10.6.6
10.7.2
bitnami mariadb-min
>=5.5.0, <10.2.42
>=10.3.0, <10.3.33
>=10.4.0, <10.4.23
>=10.5.0, <10.5.14
>=10.6.0, <10.6.6
>=10.7.0, <10.7.2
10.2.42
10.3.33
10.4.23
10.5.14
10.6.6
10.7.2
bitnami mysql-client
>=5.5.0, <10.2.42
>=10.3.0, <10.3.33
>=10.4.0, <10.4.23
>=10.5.0, <10.5.14
>=10.6.0, <10.6.6
>=10.7.0, <10.7.2
10.2.42
10.3.33
10.4.23
10.5.14
10.6.6
10.7.2

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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