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CVE-2026-35549
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-04-03 · updated 2026-07-24
- Weakness: CWE-789
Description
An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha256_crypt_r uses alloca.
Affected products
- MariaDB: before 11.4.10; from 11.5.0 before 11.8.6; from 12.0.0 before 12.2.2 — fixed in 11.4.10, 11.8.6, 12.2.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 11.4.10, 11.8.6, 12.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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