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CVE-2025-8865

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing…

Medium4.1EPSS 0.18%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
Yugabyte

Description

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-8865, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
YugabyteCNA (assigner)4.0Medium4.1CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
NVDNVD · Deferred4.0Medium4.1CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.

Weakness

Affected products

  • YugabyteDB Inc · YugabyteDB

    • affected 2024.1.0.0 – < 2024.1.3.0
    • affected 2024.2.0.0 – < 2024.2.2.5
    • affected 2.20.0.0 – < 2.20.9.0

References (1)

Sources

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