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CVE-2023-21971 Oracle MySQL Connectors

Affected softwareOracle MySQL Connectors
Affected versions8.0.32 and prior
Severity5.3 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed inOracle Critical Patch Update April 2023
Published18 Apr 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.32 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connectors accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 1.5% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC CVE-2023-21971 Connector/J RCE Analysis分析 3 2023-06-08

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

This is a proprietary Oracle product. Oracle's security advisory is the source of public detail for this CVE.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q3 Oracle Communications / Policy (22.4.0, 23.1.0)
Oracle Communications / Policy (MySQL Connectors) (22.4.0, 23.1.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗ CPU 2023-Q2 Oracle MySQL / Connector/J (8.0.32 and prior)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Communications Policy 22.4.0, 23.1.0 22.4.0 · 23.1.0
Oracle Communications Policy (MySQL Connectors) 22.4.0, 23.1.0 22.4.0 · 23.1.0
Oracle MySQL Connector/J 8.0.32 and prior

Products and versions

6 products, 8 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand insight generic any version
nvd netapp snapcenter generic any version
nvd oracle communications cloud native core binding support function generic 22.4.0 · 23.1.0
nvd oracle communications cloud native core policy generic 22.4.0 · 23.1.0
nvd oracle mysql connectors generic ≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.0.32

References

URLTags
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0010/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2023-04-18By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.