The executable comment feature in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.93 and 5.1.x before 5.1.50, when running in certain slave configurations in which the slave is running a newer version than the master, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via custom comments.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-5026 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.15%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34796 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-08-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-12-28 | 4.37% | 3.15% | -1.22% |
| 2 | 2025-12-27 | 3.15% | 4.37% | +1.22% |
| 3 | 2025-10-28 | — | 3.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (26 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2009-5026 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (mysql-5.1, mysql-cluster-7.0, mysql-dfsg-5.0, mysql-dfsg-5.1), 24 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 12, not-affected 5, ignored 4, released 2, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5026 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.17 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.20 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.24 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.45:b:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.82 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.84 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.0.87 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.23 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.41 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.45 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.51 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.67 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.75 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.77 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.81 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.83 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.85 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.86 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.88 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.89 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.89:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.90 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.91 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.0.92 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.1.23 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.1.31 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.1.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.1.32 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.1.34 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mysql | mysql | 5.1.37 | cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.18 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.23 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.23:a:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.24 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.25 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.26 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.27 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.28 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.29 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.30 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.31 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.31:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.33 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.34 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.34:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.35 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.36 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.37 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.37:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.38 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.39 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.40 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.40 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.40:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.41 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.42 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.43 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.43 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.43:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.44 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.45 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| oracle | mysql | 5.1.46 | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.1.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |