CVE-2024-21272 MySQL Connector/Python connector takeover vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-21272?

CVE-2024-21272 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Mysql, published on 15 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/Python). Supported versions that are affected are 9.0.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21272?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including mysql-connector-python. It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Mysql.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21272?

Upgrade mysql-connector-python to 9.1.0 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2024-21272 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21272 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Mysql

• CVE-2016-0639 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2003-0150 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2005-2572 Denial of service in n/a High 8.5
• CVE-2020-14878 Auth bypass in MySQL Server High 8.0
• CVE-2002-0969 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8

All Oracle Mysql vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLSA-2025-1765930332, ECHO-a60d-61cf-4d04, GHSA-hgjp-83m4-h4fj, PYSEC-2026-1685, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21272, openSUSE-SU-2024:0351-1 and 1 more.