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SCA: security update for mysql:mysql-connector-java (GHSA-w6f2-8wx4-47r5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419746

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions
 that are affected are 8.0.26 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker
 with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this
 vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all MySQL
 Connectors accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash
 (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors. (CVE-2021-2471)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6f2-8wx4-47r5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419746

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-2471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-2471

cwe: CWE-863