# CVE-2025-21494: Denial of service in MySQL Server

> A high-privileged attacker with local access can cause a complete denial of service in MySQL Server by triggering a hang or crash.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7vhr-3h3v-9gqg, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21494

## What is CVE-2025-21494?

CVE-2025-21494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql Server, published on 21 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Security: Privileges).  Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and  9.0.1 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes 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 4.1 (Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Mysql Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-21494?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-21494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Mysql Server

- [CVE-2025-21521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21521/): Denial of service in MySQL Server (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-21912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21912/): Denial of service in MySQL Server (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-22009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22009/): Denial of service in MySQL Server (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-22017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22017/): Denial of service in MySQL Server (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-34270](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34270/): Denial of service in MySQL Server (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-21494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Mysql Server, published on 21 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Mysql Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21494

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.