CVE-2025-21492

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.36 and prior and 8.4.0. 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: 2025-04-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-21492 is rated Low Risk (26.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21492

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 2026-03-03 0.19% 0.06% -0.13%
2 2025-11-21 0.27% 0.19% -0.07%
3 2025-11-18 0.27%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21492

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-2025-21492

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-21492

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-21492 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mysql-8.0), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21492
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21492
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-21492 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, not-affected 13, needs-triage 6, ignored 4, released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-21492

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21492

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle mysql_server >= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.36 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle mysql_server 8.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-21492

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