CVE-2023-21875
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption).
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Encryption). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.31 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MySQL Server accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oracle/mysql
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.