# Uncontrolled resource consumption in Oracle Corporation MySQL Server

CVE record · `CVE-2026-21952`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-21952`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.9 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** oracle
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Oracle Corporation MySQL Server](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/oracle-corporation-mysql-server.md)
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Jan 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: oracle) at 20 Jan 2026, 21:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Oracle Corporation. Product: MySQL Server.
  - affected: `9.0.0 to 9.5.0, inclusive` (custom)

## Not analysed yet

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## Severity and exploitation

- 4.9 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (oracle)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0040, the 34th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 20 Jan 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-21952](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21952)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-21952](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21952)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html> (vendor-advisory)

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