VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-8865

An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

MEDIUM 4.1EPSS 0.16%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS 4.0: 4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.16% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Source: security@yugabyte.com

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.