CVE-2026-35238: 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. in Oracle Corporation MySQL Server
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability in the InnoDB component of Oracle MySQL Server permits a high privileged attacker with network access to cause a hang or repeated crash, resulting in a complete denial of service. It affects multiple supported versions of MySQL Server, specifically 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8, and 9.0.0-9.6.0. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no impact on confidentiality or integrity, and high impact on availability. Oracle has addressed this issue in its April 2026 Critical Patch Update, which includes security patches for MySQL Server and related products.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with high privileges and network access to cause MySQL Server to hang or crash repeatedly, resulting in a denial of service. There is no impact on data confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The impact is limited to availability disruption.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released patches for this vulnerability as part of the April 2026 Critical Patch Update. Users should apply the relevant patches for their MySQL Server versions (8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8, 9.0.0-9.6.0) without delay. No other specific mitigations are noted by Oracle. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-35238: 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. in Oracle Corporation MySQL Server
Description
Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in the InnoDB component of Oracle MySQL Server permits a high privileged attacker with network access to cause a hang or repeated crash, resulting in a complete denial of service. It affects multiple supported versions of MySQL Server, specifically 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8, and 9.0.0-9.6.0. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no impact on confidentiality or integrity, and high impact on availability. Oracle has addressed this issue in its April 2026 Critical Patch Update, which includes security patches for MySQL Server and related products.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker with high privileges and network access to cause MySQL Server to hang or crash repeatedly, resulting in a denial of service. There is no impact on data confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild. The impact is limited to availability disruption.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released patches for this vulnerability as part of the April 2026 Critical Patch Update. Users should apply the relevant patches for their MySQL Server versions (8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8, 9.0.0-9.6.0) without delay. No other specific mitigations are noted by Oracle. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- oracle
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-01T20:03:40.833Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]
Threat ID: 69e7e5af19fe3cd2cdfa0156
Added to database: 4/21/2026, 9:01:35 PM
Last enriched: 4/21/2026, 9:18:23 PM
Last updated: 4/22/2026, 7:17:03 AM
Views: 7
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