FKIE_CVE-2025-8865

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-11 15:15 - Updated: 2025-08-11 18:32
Severity ?
4.1 (Medium) - 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
Summary
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.
References
security@yugabyte.comhttps://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/
Impacted products
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  "lastModified": "2025-08-11T18:32:48.867",
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