CVE-2025-8865 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-8865

Vendor Yugabytedb Inc
Product YugabyteDB
Weakness CWE-476
Published August 11, 2025
Last update August 11, 2025

CVSS base score

4.1/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 11, 2025 CVE published
August 11, 2025 Record updated