Medium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Oracle MySQL Connectors Java

  • Disclosed: 13.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 5.1.41 and earlier. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. While the vulnerability is in MySQL Connectors, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connectors accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) mysql:mysql-connector-java < 5.1.42 5.1.42

References

CVSS score 6.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
mysql:mysql-connector-java
Disclosed
13.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pwh7-92h3-mqr6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mysql:mysql-connector-java

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (9) in the archive
Total entries
9
First → latest
07.2020 10.2023
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 5
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 0
  3. 2022: 7
  4. 2023: 1
  5. 2024: 0
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 8.3 CVE-2023-22102 <= 8.0.33 no fix
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2018-3258 < 8.0.13 8.0.13
  3. Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Oracle MySQL Connectors Java this entry
    Medium · 6.4 CVE-2017-3586 < 5.1.42 5.1.42
  4. High · 8.5 CVE-2017-3523 < 5.1.41 5.1.41

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