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🛡️ CVE-2023-21971 — active-iq-unified-manager

🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.3
CVSS Score
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Description

Vulnerability in the MySQL Connectors product of Oracle MySQL (component: Connector/J). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.32 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Connectors. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Connectors as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Connectors accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of MySQL Connectors accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2023-21971 is recorded against 6 packages.

  • active-iq-unified-manager
  • communications-cloud-native-core-binding-support-function
  • communications-cloud-native-core-policy
  • mysql-connectors (from 8.0.0 up to 8.0.32)
  • oncommand-insight
  • snapcenter

Timeline and source

Published on 18 April 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

security.netapp.com
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www.oracle.com
www.oracle.com
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www.oracle.com
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CVE-2023-21971 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-04-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
active-iq-unified-manager — —
communications-cloud-native-core-binding-support-function — —
communications-cloud-native-core-policy — —
mysql-connectors 8.0.0 8.0.32
oncommand-insight — —
snapcenter — —

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