MySQL is not the first open-source relational database supporting Javascript in stored routines, with PLV8 being the most popular Javascript language extension for PostgreSQL.

The vulnerability affects MySQL 5.7.2 and earlier versions, along with MySQL Connector versions 6.1.2 and earlier, all versions of Percona Server and all versions of MariaDB.

MySQL-JavaScript unlocks opportunities in application design that once were constrained by a tradeoff, Oracle said. JavaScript stored programs let developers sidestep data movement and implement ...

Version 9.0 of MySQL comes with major new features: The innovation release offers JavaScript functions for SQL and a vector type for AI friends.