CVE-2025-21490

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.40 and prior, 8.4.3 and prior and 9.1.0 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).

Published: 2025-01-21 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-21490 is rated Moderate Risk (42.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21490

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 2026-05-30 0.41% 0.46% +0.05%
2 2026-04-26 0.30% 0.41% +0.11%
3 2026-04-12 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21490

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-21490

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-21490

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2025-21490: 1 source package rows (mariadb); 6 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 6, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-21490
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-21490 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (mariadb, mariadb-10.5, mysql-8.0), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21490
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21490
suse medium CVE-2025-21490 severity moderate: SUSE including 111 source package names (10.11:mariadb-10.11.11-150600.4.10.1, 10.11:mariadb-client-10.11.11-150600.4.10.1, …), 151 product×package rows across 21 product lines (Container suse/mariadb, Container suse/mariadb-client, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 125, Known Not Affected 26. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21490/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-21490 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (mariadb, mariadb-10.0, …), 77 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 50, needs-triage 12, released 9, ignored 5, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21490

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21490

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle mysql_server >= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.40 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql_server >= 8.4.0, <= 8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql_server >= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-21490

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