CVE-2025-21519 is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in the Security: Privileges component of Oracle MySQL Server. It affects supported MySQL Server versions 8.0.40 and earlier, 8.4.3 and earlier, and 9.1.0 and earlier. A high-privileged attacker with network access through multiple supported protocols can exploit the flaw to compromise availability of the MySQL Server service.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
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Actively exploited local privilege escalation vulnerability in Desktop Window Manager caused by a type confusion issue, allowing elevation to SYSTEM.
Unspecified MySQL privileges vulnerability addressed in the January 2025 CPU.
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.