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Vulnerability details: VCID-nfyp-7vxe-mkgd
Vulnerability ID VCID-nfyp-7vxe-mkgd
Aliases CVE-2024-21511
GHSA-4rch-2fh8-94vw
Summary Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.7 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to improper sanitization of the timezone parameter in the readCodeFor function by calling a native MySQL Server date/time function.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21511.json
epss 0.00172 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21511
epss 0.00172 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21511
epss 0.00172 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21511
epss 0.00172 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21511
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4rch-2fh8-94vw
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
ssvc Track* https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
ssvc Track* https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
ssvc Track* https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21511
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21511
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
ssvc Track* https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21511.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21511
https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2
2276801 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276801
2608 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
CVE-2024-21511 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21511
GHSA-4rch-2fh8-94vw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4rch-2fh8-94vw
SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
v3.9.7 https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21511.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-04-25T14:55:36Z/ Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7d4b098c7e29d5a6cb9eac2633bfcc2f0f1db713
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-04-25T14:55:36Z/ Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/pull/2608
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-04-25T14:55:36Z/ Found at https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/releases/tag/v3.9.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21511
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P Found at https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-04-25T14:55:36Z/ Found at https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MYSQL2-6670046
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.38372
EPSS Score 0.00172
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:38:45.130584+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/21xxx/CVE-2024-21511.json 38.6.0