CVE-2025-67510
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-67510 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Neuron AI framework's MySQLWriteTool that allows arbitrary SQL execution. This enables attackers to execute destructive database operations like DROP TABLE, DELETE, or privilege escalation through prompt injection attacks. Organizations using Neuron versions 2.8.11 or below with MySQLWriteTool exposed to untrusted input are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Neuron AI Framework
📦 What is this software?
Neuron by Neuron Ai
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database destruction, data loss, privilege escalation, and potential system compromise through database-level attacks.
Likely Case
Data manipulation, deletion, or exfiltration through crafted SQL queries via prompt injection.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper input validation, least privilege database accounts, and network segmentation are implemented.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires access to the MySQLWriteTool interface, which may be exposed via API endpoints or agent interfaces. Prompt injection techniques can trigger the vulnerability.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.8.12
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/neuron-core/neuron-ai/security/advisories/GHSA-898v-775g-777c
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Backup your current configuration and data. 2. Update Neuron to version 2.8.12 using composer: 'composer require neuron/neuron:2.8.12'. 3. Restart your application server. 4. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable MySQLWriteTool
allRemove or disable the MySQLWriteTool from your agent configurations if not required.
Edit agent configuration files to remove MySQLWriteTool references
Implement Database User Restrictions
allConfigure database connections to use accounts with minimal required privileges only.
CREATE USER 'neuron_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE ON specific_db.* TO 'neuron_user'@'localhost';
REVOKE DROP, DELETE, ALTER, TRUNCATE, GRANT FROM 'neuron_user'@'localhost';
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation and sanitization for all inputs to MySQLWriteTool
- Isolate the Neuron application in a segmented network with restricted database access
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check your composer.json or installed packages for Neuron version 2.8.11 or earlierCheck Version:
composer show neuron/neuron | grep versionsVerify Fix Applied:
Verify installed version is 2.8.12 or later and test that MySQLWriteTool now validates SQL queries📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries from Neuron application (DROP, TRUNCATE, DELETE without business context)
- Multiple failed login attempts or privilege escalation attempts in database logs
- Unexpected database schema changes
Network Indicators:
- Unusual database traffic patterns from Neuron application servers
- SQL queries containing destructive operations from application layer
SIEM Query:
source="database_logs" AND (query="DROP" OR query="TRUNCATE" OR query="DELETE FROM") AND src_ip="neuron_server_ip"