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CVE-2016-5598

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5598 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Connector/Python versions 2.1.3 and earlier, and 2.0.4 and earlier. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity, potentially impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it did receive limited media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_connector\/python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_connector\/python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93653
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037050
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry