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Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVE-2024-21272

High
7.5/10

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Oracle MySQL's MySQL Connectors product (component: Connector/Python). This issue affects versions prior to 9.1.0. The vulnerability is difficult to exploit, allowing a low-privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in a takeover of MySQL Connectors.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published