Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting mysql2 package, versions <3.9.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6591085
  • published 10 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 7 Apr 2024
  • credit Vsevolod Kokorin

How to fix?

Upgrade mysql2 to version 3.9.4 or higher.

Overview

mysql2 is a mostly API compatible with mysqljs and supports majority of features.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the readCodeFor function due to improper validation of the supportBigNumbers and bigNumberStrings values.

PoC

 {sql:`SELECT INDEX_LENGTH FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1`, supportBigNumbers:"console.log(1337)"}

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High