CVE-2026-97380: MariaDB: GRANT PROXY with empty password incorrectly checks grantor's privileges

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-28
Weakness: CWE-620

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 GRANT PROXY statement treats an IDENTIFIED clause with an empty password as though authentication were not specified, causing it to check the wrong grantor privileges. A low-privileged attacker who can name another account can exploit this authorization error to set that account's password. 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
MariaDB server: from 10.6.1, < 10.6.28; from 10.11.1, < 10.11.19; from 11.4.1, < 11.4.13; from 11.8.1, < 11.8.9; from 12.3.1, < 12.3.3; from 13.0.1, < 13.0.2

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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