CVE-2026-55856 (GCVE-0-2026-55856)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 22:41
Modified
2026-08-31 18:37
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Summary
MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9, when a Java application connects with sslMode=verify-full or sslMode=verify-ca, supplies a password, and does not configure serverSslCert or trustStore, Connector/J can accept an untrusted self-signed certificate through the fallbackToSystemTrustStore=true ephemeral trust manager and record its certFingerprint for later identity binding. The OK-packet and authentication-switch paths enforce the certificate fingerprint, but the initial-handshake path does not. HandshakeResponse.encode() can therefore build and send a mysql_clear_password response before checking certFingerprint != null && !isMitMProof(), sslMode, or whether the authentication plugin is resistant to a man-in-the-middle, and the initial path also bypasses restrictedAuth. An active man-in-the-middle or hostile server can present a self-signed certificate, claim to be MariaDB, select mysql_clear_password as the initial authentication plugin, and receive the full database password before the connection is rejected. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| mariadb-corporation | mariadb-connector-j |
Version: < 2.7.14 Version: >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5 Version: >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3 Version: >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.9 |
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