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CVE-2022-24051

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

MariaDB CONNECT Storage Engine Format String Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MariaDB. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SQL queries. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-16193.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
• MariaDB: from 10.2.0 before 10.2.42; from 10.3.0 before 10.3.33; from 10.4.0 before 10.4.23; from 10.5.0 before 10.5.14; from 10.6.0 before 10.6.6; from 10.7.0 before 10.7.2 — fixed in 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14, 10.6.6, 10.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.2.42, 10.3.33, 10.4.23, 10.5.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKJRBYJAQCOPHSED43A3HUPNKQLDTFGD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZFZVMJL5UDTOZMARLXQIMG3BTG6UNYW/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJ4KDAGF3H4D4BDTHRAM6ZEAJJWWMRUO/
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0004/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-318/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKJRBYJAQCOPHSED43A3HUPNKQLDTFGD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZFZVMJL5UDTOZMARLXQIMG3BTG6UNYW/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJ4KDAGF3H4D4BDTHRAM6ZEAJJWWMRUO/
• https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220318-0004/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-318/

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