YugabyteDB has been collecting diagnostics information from YugabyteDB servers, which may include sensitive gflag configurations.

published 2025-08-11 14 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-24146

cvss: 7.0; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

YugabyteDB has been collecting diagnostics information from YugabyteDB servers, which may include sensitive gflag configurations. To mitigate this, we recommend upgrading the database to a version where this information is properly redacted.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB 2.20.7.0, 2.23.1.0, 2024.1.3

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-2025-8862 updated 2026-06-27 cvss 3.1

yugabytedb: YugabyteDB information exposure

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 yugabytedb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack yugabytedb
affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 14 mo ago (2025-08-11)

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L
CNA	4.0	7.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

YugabyteDB Inc YugabyteDB

Classification

Weakness

CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

References

docs.yugabyte.com /preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-8862
NVD CVE-2025-8862

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Summary