Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2026-21968

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Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2026-21968

Published: January 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121735
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-21968
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Server: Optimizer component in MySQL Server. A remote authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

MySQL Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler
Ubuntu
mecab
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP
mecab-ipadic
mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
mysql-common
mysql-test
mysql-server
mysql-libs
mysql-errmsg
mysql-devel
mysql
mysql-config
mysql-debuginfo
mysql-debugsource
mysql-help
mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql8.4 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-21968

Install updates from vendor's website.

mecab - update to 0.996-2
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP - update to 2.7.0.20070801-17.0.1
mecab-ipadic - update to 2.7.0.20070801-17.0.1
mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm2, 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1, 8.4.8-0ubuntu0.25.10.1
mysql-common - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-test - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-server - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-libs - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-errmsg - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-devel - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-common - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql - addressed in versions 8.0.45-1, 8.0.45-1.0.1
mysql-test - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-config - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-debuginfo - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-debugsource - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-devel - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-errmsg - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-help - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-libs - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql-server - update to 8.0.45-1
mysql (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.45-1.el9_7
mysql8.4 (Red Hat package) - update to 8.4.8-1.el10_1

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