SB2025111745 - Information disclosure in aiomysql

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) External Control of File Name or Path (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62611)

CWE-ID: CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the client-side settings are not checked before sending local files to a  remote MySQL server. A remote attacker can create a rogue MySQL server that emulates authorization, ignores client flags and requests arbitrary files from the client by sending a LOAD_LOCAL instruction packet and read arbitrary files on the system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/commit/32c4520dae3711367ded74a4726dcb8bb8919538
• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/pull/1044
• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/security/advisories/GHSA-r397-ff8c-wv2g