CVE-2025-8865 | BDVDB-2026-289039 Detail

YugabyteDBYugabyteDB

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-215 Fuzzing for application mapping

Weaknesses#

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References#

https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-08-11Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-08-11
Last modified: 2025-08-11

Vendor information

Vendor: YugabyteDB
Product: YugabyteDB

All YugabyteDB vulnerabilities

Score

4.1 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 7.1.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Memory Corruption

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 2024.1.0.0 and < 2024.1.3.0
Fixed
2024.1.3.0
Vulnerable
>= 2024.2.0.0 and < 2024.2.2.5
Fixed
2024.2.2.5
Vulnerable
>= 2.20.0.0 and < 2.20.9.0
Fixed
2.20.9.0

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

4.1 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Adjacent
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Requirements	Present
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	None
Vulnerable System Integrity	None
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	Low

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).