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CVE-2023-21883

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21883 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle MySQL Server versions 8.0.31 and prior, specifically within the Optimizer component. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows a highly privileged attacker with network access to cause a complete system hang or repeatable crash of the MySQL Server. With a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 4.9 (Medium), its primary impact is on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 57th 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: 17950-16820Fixed in: 8.0.32-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 mysql 8.0.32-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 8.0.32-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 mysql 8.0.32-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 8.0.32-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17958-16823Fixed in: 8.0.32-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-mysql80-mysql-0:8.0.32-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: mysql-0:8.0.32-1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mysql:8.0-8080020230322094358.63b34585
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2023-21883Moderate

mysql: Server: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2023)

Jan 17, 2023
microsoft2023-Jan/CVE-2023-21883Moderate

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.31 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).

Jan 10, 2023

References

oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2023.html
PatchVendor Advisory