CVE-2024-21508

Published: Apr 11, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: report@snyk.io (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (12)

https://blog.slonser.info/posts/mysql2-attacker-configuration/

Source: report@snyk.io

https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/1609b5393516d72a4ae47196837317fbe75e0c13/lib/parsers/text_parser.js%23L14C10-L14C21

Source: report@snyk.io

https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/74abf9ef94d76114d9a09415e28b496522a94805

Source: report@snyk.io

https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2572

Source: report@snyk.io

https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.4

Source: report@snyk.io

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6591085

Source: report@snyk.io

https://blog.slonser.info/posts/mysql2-attacker-configuration/