Oracle MySQL before 5.7.3, Oracle MySQL Connector/C (aka libmysqlclient) before 6.1.3, and MariaDB before 5.5.44 use the --ssl option to mea

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• oracle mysqlup to 5.7.2 inclusive
• php php5.4.0 and later · before 5.4.43
• php php5.5.0 and later · before 5.5.27
• php php5.6.0 and later · before 5.6.11

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-6662Oracle MySQL through 5.5.52, 5.6.x through 5.6.33, and 5.7.x through 5.7.15; MariaDB before 5.5.51, 10.0.x before 10.0.27, and 10.1.x before
  59Plan
• CVE-2017-3599Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Pluggable Auth).
  57Plan
• CVE-2009-4484Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the CertDecoder::GetName function in src/asn.cpp in TaoCrypt in yaSSL before 1.9.9, as used in mysq
  51Plan
• CVE-2022-21489Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General).
  49Plan
• CVE-2022-21279Vulnerability in the MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Cluster: General).
  49Plan
• CVE-2012-2122sql/password.c in Oracle MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, and MariaDB 5.1.x before 5.1.62, 5.2.x befo
  49Plan

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A certificate validation error is silently swallowed instead of terminating the connection. Often, code added for a test environment makes its way into production.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1override fun checkServerTrusted(chain: Array<X509Certificate>, type: String) {2  // Left empty for the test environment3}

1val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()2  .certificatePinner(3    CertificatePinner.Builder()4      .add("api.sirius.example", "sha256/…")5      .build()6  ).build()

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.