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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-55856 EUVD-2026-68019GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38

MariaDB Connector/J: Cleartext password disclosure to a MITM on the initial-handshake

Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mariadb-corporation mariadb-connector-j < 2.7.14, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3, >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.9 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling debezium-3.5-connector-jdbc +1 3.5.2-r5 —
Wolfi rolling debezium-3.6-connector-jdbc +1 3.6.1-r2 —
Wolfi rolling flyway 13.4.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling keycloak-26.5 +1 26.5.7-r5 —
Wolfi rolling zipkin 3.6.1-r23 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client < 2.7.14 2.7.14 GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38
Maven org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5 3.3.5 GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38
Maven org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3 3.4.3 GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38
Maven org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.9 3.5.9 GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38

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