# CVE-2025-62611: aiomysql allows arbitrary access to client files through vulnerability of a malicious MySQL server

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1110, GHSA-R397-FF8C-WV2G
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.0
- Published: 2025-10-22 · Updated: 2025-10-22

## Affected

- aio-libs aiomysql: fixed in 0.3.0
- aiomysql (PyPI): fixed in 0.3.0

## Description

aiomysql is a library for accessing a MySQL database from the asyncio. Prior to version 0.3.0, the client-side settings are not checked before sending local files to MySQL server, which allows obtaining arbitrary files from the client using a rogue server. It is possible to create a rogue MySQL server that emulates authorization, ignores client flags and requests arbitrary files from the client by sending a LOAD_LOCAL instruction packet. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aio-libs aiomysql, aiomysql, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/security/advisories/GHSA-r397-ff8c-wv2g
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/pull/1044
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/commit/32c4520dae3711367ded74a4726dcb8bb8919538

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