CVE-2024-21509

Summary

CVE-2024-21509 is a new vulnerability affecting versions of the mysql2 package prior to 3.9.4. This issue involves prototype poisoning, where attackers can manipulate results object creation and exploit improper user input sanitization in text_parser.js and binary_parser.js. As a result, an attacker could execute arbitrary code, leading to significant security risks. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of mysql2 to mitigate this vulnerability.

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