Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach X Plugin endpoint over network
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DeliveryAuthenticate with low-privileged account
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ExploitSend crafted X Protocol request
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ExecutionTrigger hang or repeatable crash
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ImpactComplete denial of service of MySQL
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network reachability to the MySQL X Plugin (the X Protocol interface, which the component name 'Server: X Plugin' identifies - typically listening on TCP 33060) and a low-privileged authenticated account (CVSS PR:L), with no user interaction. Oracle describes it as easily exploitable via 'multiple protocols'. Limiting factors: the X Plugin / mysqlx must be enabled and network-exposed (it is commonly enabled by default on recent 8.x+ builds but is frequently firewalled off from untrusted networks), and the attacker needs at least low-level credentials; impact is confined to availability (a hang or repeatable crash / complete DoS) with no path to data access or code execution. Affected: MySQL Server 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3, 26.7.0-26.7.1 and MySQL Cluster 8.0.0-8.0.49, 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3, 26.7.0-26.7.1. |
| Impact | All signals point to a moderate, availability-only risk. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base 6.5) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring only low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction, with impact limited entirely to availability (A:H; C:N/I:N) - a complete DoS via hang or repeatable crash, with no data disclosure or integrity loss. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the only source is Oracle's own CPU advisory. The practical risk is therefore an authenticated availability threat rather than a widespread or weaponized one: a low-privileged database user (or any account that can reach the X Plugin) could crash the server, which matters for multi-tenant or internet-exposed MySQL deployments but is not a confidentiality/integrity breach. Note the conflict that CVSS marks PR:L (some authentication) while Oracle's prose calls it 'easily exploitable' and mentions 'multiple protocols' - verify exposure of the X Protocol (port 33060) with the vendor, as default configurations may or may not enable it. SSVC framing: exploitation=none observed, automatable likely (network DoS), technical impact=partial (availability only). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker holding a low-privileged MySQL account, or who can otherwise reach the MySQL X Plugin endpoint (X Protocol, typically TCP 33060) over the network, sends a crafted request that triggers a hang or repeatable crash in the Server: X Plugin component. This results in a complete denial of service of the MySQL Server/Cluster instance; the attack is low-complexity and needs no user interaction, but no public exploit code is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Repeated-crash denial of service in Oracle MySQL Server (X Plugin component) and MySQL Cluster allows a low-privileged, network-positioned user to hang or fully take down the database service. Affected builds are MySQL Server 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3 and 26.7.0-26.7.1, plus MySQL Cluster 8.0.0-8.0.49, 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3 and 26.7.0-26.7.1. Oracle rates it CVSS 3.1 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), meaning the attacker must already hold a low-privileged account but needs no user interaction; there is no confidentiality or integrity impact and no code execution path, and no public exploit or CISA KEV listing was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Apply the October 2026 Oracle Critical Patch Update to move MySQL Server to a release above 8.4.12, 9.7.3, or 26.7.1, and MySQL Cluster to a release above 8.0.49, 8.4.12, 9.7.3, or 26.7.1, per the version matrix in https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html; because no CVE-specific fix version is published in the available data, confirm the exact patched build in that advisory before upgrading, and stage the upgrade because MySQL major/minor jumps (for example 8.4 to 9.7) are not in-place. Where patching must be deferred, the most effective compensating control is to disable the X Plugin entirely (mysqlx=OFF in the server configuration, or the equivalent plugin uninstall) on instances that do not use the X Protocol/MySQL Shell document store - the trade-off is that X Protocol clients and Connectors relying on port 33060 stop working, though classic 3306 SQL traffic is unaffected. If the plugin must stay enabled, restrict TCP 33060 to trusted application subnets with host firewall rules or bind-address scoping, which removes reachability from untrusted networks at the cost of blocking legitimate remote X Protocol clients; additionally audit accounts to eliminate unnecessary low-privileged logins, since PR:L is the only credential barrier Oracle describes, and monitor for repeated server restarts or X Plugin connection storms as a crash-loop indicator. Note that neither workaround addresses the underlying defect, so upgrade remains the only complete fix.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw lives in the X Plugin, the server-side component that exposes MySQL's X Protocol (the document-store/CRUD interface, by default on TCP 33060 alongside the classic 3306 SQL port) so that clients such as MySQL Shell and MySQL Connectors can talk to the server over a protobuf-based protocol. Because the attack surface is a network protocol handler reachable with only PR:L credentials, a low-privileged authenticated user can drive the plugin into a state that hangs or repeatedly crashes the server process, producing a complete denial of service on both standalone MySQL Server and MySQL Cluster deployments. No CWE was assigned in the source data, but the observed impact class is a resource/state-handling weakness in the protocol layer that terminates in an availability loss rather than memory corruption exploitable for code execution; the CVSS vector confirms scope-unchanged, availability-only impact (C:N/I:N/A:H). Oracle's note that the issue is reachable via 'multiple protocols' underlines that the X Plugin path is the specific locus identified by the component name, but adjacent protocol handling should be considered within the same fix.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Network-reachable X Plugin (AV:N), low-complexity crash (AC:L), requires a low-privileged account (PR:L), no interaction (UI:N); impact is availability-only DoS, so C:N/I:N/A:H.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: X Plugin). Supported versions that are affected are MySQL Server: 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3, 26.7.0-26.7.1; MySQL Cluster: 8.0.0-8.0.49, 8.4.0-8.4.12, 9.7.0-9.7.3 and 26.7.0-26.7.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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EUVD-2026-106181
GHSA-69fc-w37v-gqcw
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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