Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2025 · Assigned by Yugabyte
CVE-2025-8865
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in YugabyteDB from YugabyteDB Inc. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| YugabyteDB Inc | YugabyteDB | 2024.1.0.0 – before 2024.1.3.02024.2.0.0 – before 2024.2.2.52.20.0.0 – before 2.20.9.0 |
Weakness: CWE-476 · 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