CVE-2026-119281
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Description
MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. From 3.0.0 until 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11, the connector assumed result bytes were UTF-8 but guarded only changes to character_set_client. It did not reject non-UTF-8 character_set_results changes and relied on the server's global session_track_system_variables configuration to report character-set changes. A malicious or compromised server, or a machine-in-the-middle attacker, could suppress tracking or change the result charset so application strings differed from the returned bytes, potentially defeating application-side validation or escaping that depended on the decoded values. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-119281",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-29T21:17:21.710",
"lastModified": "2026-10-29T21:17:21.710",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. From 3.0.0 until 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11, the connector assumed result bytes were UTF-8 but guarded only changes to character_set_client. It did not reject non-UTF-8 character_set_results changes and relied on the server's global session_track_system_variables configuration to report character-set changes. A malicious or compromised server, or a machine-in-the-middle attacker, could suppress tracking or change the result charset so application strings differed from the returned bytes, potentially defeating application-side validation or escaping that depended on the decoded values. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "mariadb-corporation",
"product": "mariadb-connector-j",
"versions": [
{
"version": ">= 3.0.0, < 3.3.7",
"status": "affected"
},
{
"version": ">= 3.4.0, < 3.4.5",
"status": "affected"
},
{
"version": ">= 3.5.0, < 3.5.11",
"status": "affected"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"baseScore": 5.9,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
"impactScore": 3.6
}
]
},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Primary",
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-838"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/commit/af5e565eb171cfc66ea8e948ddc616abed0c4623",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/commit/d51b968c1b795c73d24e0b3f960205b7bc82d423",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/commit/fdabe74a7df6dce1d6c099f4d0ca1e2acc25919a",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/releases/tag/3.3.7",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/releases/tag/3.4.5",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/releases/tag/3.5.11",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/security/advisories/GHSA-grfq-r75j-rw9x",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}