Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2026-71079

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in MySQL Connectors from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/ODBC). The supported version that is affected is 26.7.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	MySQL Connectors	26.7.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory