CVE-2021-2201

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2201 is a vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server, specifically affecting versions 8.0.23 and prior, within the Server: Partition component. This vulnerability allows a high-privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete denial of service (DoS) by crashing the MySQL Server. With a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium), it requires high privileges and has low attack complexity, impacting only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql::::::::
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::vmware_vsphere::
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:::::windows::
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:::::::*
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.2

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.28%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

67.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 8.0.26-1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: cm1 mysql 8.0.26-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.0.26-1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 8.0.26-1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: 19031-16820Fixed in: 8.0.26-1

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.26-1.el7

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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mysql:8.0-8040020210824134700.522a0ee4

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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.26-1.el7

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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

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Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Mar/CVE-2021-2201

CVE-2021-2201

Mar 14, 2023

redhatCVE-2021-2201Moderate

mysql: Server: Partition unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2021)

Apr 20, 2021

microsoft2021-Apr/CVE-2021-2201Moderate

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Partition). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.23 and prior. 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).

Apr 13, 2021

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210513-0002

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

Vendor Advisory