CVE-2024-20974: Oracle MySQL Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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).

Affected products

• Oracle MySQL Server: from 8.0.0, up to and including 8.0.35; version 8.1.0 only; version 8.2.0 only

Published 2024-02-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.