CVE-2021-2226

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-2226 is a vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server's Information Schema component, affecting versions 5.7.33 and prior, and 8.0.23 and prior, as well as several NetApp and Oracle products that integrate MySQL. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium), indicating that a high-privileged attacker with network access can exploit it to gain unauthorized access to critical or all MySQL Server accessible data. While easily exploitable, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.33CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql::::::::
		>= 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:-:::::::*

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:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.2

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.39%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

69.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 77th 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-2021-2226

CVE-2021-2226

Mar 14, 2023

redhatCVE-2021-2226Moderate

mysql: Server: Information Schema unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2021)

Apr 20, 2021

microsoft2021-Apr/CVE-2021-2226Moderate

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Information Schema). Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.33 and prior and 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 access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL Server accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Apr 13, 2021

References

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

Third Party Advisory

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

Vendor Advisory