Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.43/8.4.6/9.4.0 DML improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.43/8.4.6/9.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component DML. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53053. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle MySQL Server up to 8.0.43/8.4.6/9.4.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component DML. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.43, 8.4.0-8.4.6 and 9.0.0-9.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53053 since 06/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/13/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271376 (Oracle MySQL Server 8.4.x < 8.4.7 (October 2025 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271376) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2363). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Oracle MySQL
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• Oracle Linux
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

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Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• MySQL Server

Version

• 8.0.0
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.5
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.8
• 8.0.9
• 8.0.10
• 8.0.11
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.13
• 8.0.14
• 8.0.15
• 8.0.16
• 8.0.17
• 8.0.18
• 8.0.19
• 8.0.20
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.22
• 8.0.23
• 8.0.24
• 8.0.25
• 8.0.26
• 8.0.27
• 8.0.28
• 8.0.29
• 8.0.30
• 8.0.31
• 8.0.32
• 8.0.33
• 8.0.34
• 8.0.35
• 8.0.36
• 8.0.37
• 8.0.38
• 8.0.39
• 8.0.40
• 8.0.41
• 8.0.42
• 8.0.43
• 8.4.0
• 8.4.1
• 8.4.2
• 8.4.3
• 8.4.4
• 8.4.5
• 8.4.6
• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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