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ModerateVulnerabilityGHSA-mqr2-w7wj-jjgrCVE-2024-21507Published 10 Apr 2024

mysql2 cache poisoning vulnerability

Affected releases · mysql2

  • 3.x3.0.0 – 3.9.2Fixed in 3.9.3
  • 2.x and older0.0.1 – 2.3.3No fix, no longer updated

On 3.x, the newest line:

npm install mysql2@3.9.3
3.x

  1. Affected

    3.0.0 – 3.9.2

    37 releases

  2. Fixed

    3.9.3 – 3.24.6

    66 releases, latest

2.x

  1. Affected

    2.0.0 – 2.3.3

    14 releases

1.x

  1. Affected

    1.0.0 – 1.7.0

    27 releases

0.x

  1. Affected

    0.0.1 – 0.15.8

    74 releases

218 stable releases of mysql2, oldest to newest, one row per major.

Is your project affected?

Paste your package.json, or type the range you declare for mysql2. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.

What happens

Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.3 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation through the keyFromFields function, resulting in cache poisoning. An attacker can inject a colon : character within a value of the attacker-crafted key.