CVE-2026-44172
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CVE-2026-44172 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.1/10 on the CVSS scale. MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. In versions 3.3.18 and 3.4.8, an application that was taking non-validated user input, escaping it with mysql_real_escape_string() and sending it to the database using text protocol and big5 character set was vulnerable to SQL injections, even though mysql_real_escape_string() was supposed to prevent them. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. In versions 3.3.18 and 3.4.8, an application that was taking non-validated user input, escaping it with mysql_real_escape_string() and sending it to the database using text protocol and big5 character set was vulnerable to SQL injections, even though mysql_real_escape_string() was supposed to prevent them. This issue has been patched in versions 3.3.19 and 3.4.9.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mariadb | Mariadb | 3.3.18 |
| Mariadb | Mariadb | 3.4.8 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://github.com/MariaDB/server/security/advisories/GHSA-pv9p-5w55-55jmMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-819Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30135Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44172Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488459Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44172.jsonThird Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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