The executable comment feature in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.93 and 5.1.x before 5.1.50, when running in certain slave configurations in which…

Description

The executable comment feature in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.93 and 5.1.x before 5.1.50, when running in certain slave configurations in which the slave is running a newer version than the master, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via custom comments.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-89 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-89 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-93.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=49124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2012:0984 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-50.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20111018 Re: MySQL executable comment execution on MySQL slave server (from 2009) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 49179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-5026](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-5026.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-5026)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:24 UTC.