Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libmysqlclient package, versions [,8.0.30)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBMYSQLCLIENT-10077109
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed19 Jul 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-21455  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libmysqlclient to version 8.0.30 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass in the PAM Auth Plugin component. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible via multiple protocols by a high privileged attacker with network access. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all MySQL Server accessible data.

CVSS Base Scores

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