CVE-2025-8865CWE-476

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

Medium · published August 11, 2025

CVSS v4.0
4.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.1 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00161 · 4.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-08-11T14:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 14:19Z
    The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs
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