HIGH7.5

PYSEC-2026-1685

MySQL Connector/Python connector takeover vulnerability

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1685 — mysql-connector-python: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'mysql-connector-python>=9.1.0'

Details

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/Python). Supported versions that are affected are 9.0.0 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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Affected packages

PyPI/mysql-connector-python

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 9.1.0

Fixpip install --upgrade 'mysql-connector-python>=9.1.0'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21272[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-connector-python/commit/e6b927af06e8a85bd3754f602df96a5592b4558c[WEB]
https://github.com/mysql/mysql-connector-python[PACKAGE]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2024.html[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/mysql-connector-python[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgjp-83m4-h4fj[ADVISORY]