CVE-2026-85985: MariaDB: Unauthorized file access via CONNECT engine UDFs

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-20
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. From 10.6.1 until 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9, 12.3.3, and 13.0.2, the CONNECT engine plugin file-access UDFs json_file(), bson_file(), jfile_make(), bfile_make(), and jbin_file() are affected because each does not enforce FILE privilege or the secure_file_priv setting. A low-privileged attacker can trigger the issue by calling a CONNECT file-access UDF with a filesystem path, then invoke a CONNECT file-access UDF to access a filesystem path and read or write files that the database account is not authorized to access, subject to operating-system permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9, 12.3.3, and 13.0.2.

Affected products

MariaDB: from 10.6.1 before 10.6.28; from 10.11.1 before 10.11.19; from 11.4.1 before 11.4.13; from 11.8.1 before 11.8.9; from 12.3.1 before 12.3.3; 13.0.1 (and their updates) — fixed in 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9, 12.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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