CVE-2024-21508 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.4 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the readCodeFor function due to improper validation of the supportBigNumbers and bigNumberStrings values.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.34084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-fpw7-j2hg-69v5	mysql2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the readCodeFor function

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.slonser.info/posts/mysql2-attacker-configuration/
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/1609b5393516d72a4ae47196837317fbe75e0c13/lib/parsers/text_parser.js%23L14C10-L14C21
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/74abf9ef94d76114d9a09415e28b496522a94805
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2572
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21508
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6591085
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21508

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.49201}`	epss `{'score': 0.33331}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2024-04-11T05:00:00.748Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:20:40.908Z

Reserved: 2023-12-22T12:33:20.119Z

Link: CVE-2024-21508

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:20:40.908Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-04-11T05:15:47.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:54:34.803

Link: CVE-2024-21508

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-21508 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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