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CVE-2025-8865

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2025 at 02:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorYugabyteDB

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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

YugabyteDB· Yugabytedb
60%
2.20.0.0 ≤ v < 2.20.9.02024.1.0.0 ≤ v < 2024.1.3.02024.2.0.0 ≤ v < 2024.2.2.52.20.0.02024.1.0.02024.2.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.20.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2024.1.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2024.2.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: [email protected]
https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.1MEDIUMYugabyte
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-476

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