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medium 4.9

CVE-2023-21840 json

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: PS).

published 2023-01-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-26006

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: PS). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.40 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).

Patch / fix

  • mysql-5.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.7.41-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • mysql-5.7 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 5.7.41-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21840

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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-2023-21840 updated cvss 4.9

mysql: Server: PS unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2023)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mysql, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mysql-bench, mysql-server, mysql-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-bench, mariadb-server, mariadb-embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Judy, mecab, mysql, galera, mariadb, mysql-libs, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 mysql, mariadb, mysql-libs, mysql-test, mariadb-pam, mariadb-test, +12 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) mariadb-galera, mariadb-galera-common, mariadb-galera-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) mariadb, mariadb-libs, mariadb-test, mariadb-common, mariadb-config, mariadb-errmsg, +3 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections rh-mysql80-mysql, rh-mariadb103-mariadb, rh-mariadb105-mariadb, rh-mysql80-mysql-test, rh-mysql80-mysql-common, rh-mysql80-mysql-config, +42 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation MySQL Server

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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