CVE-2025-21499
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A high-privilege attacker with network access can compromise the server via the DDL component.
- Who is affected
- MySQL Server deployments running versions 8.4.3 or earlier, or 9.1.0 or earlier.
- Urgency
- Medium severity (CVSS 4.9); not currently exploited in the wild, but requires high privilege to trigger.
- Action
- Upgrade to MySQL Server version 8.4.4 or 9.1.1 or later.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.96% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 58% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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