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CVE-2026-85985: MariaDB: Unauthorized file access via CONNECT engine UDFs

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: mariadb (Debian:14) 1:11.8.9+ds-1; mariadb (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 12.3.2-3.1; mariadb10.11 (Red Hat:hummingbird:1) 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to mariadb (Debian:14) 1:11.8.9+ds-1; mariadb (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 12.3.2-3.1; mariadb10.11 (Red Hat:hummingbird:1) 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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 CONNECT engine plugin file-access UDFs json_file(), bson_file(), jfile_make(), bfile_make(), and jbin_file() are affected because each does not enforce FILE privilege or the secure_file_priv setting. A low-privileged attacker can trigger the issue by calling a CONNECT file-access UDF with a filesystem path, then invoke a CONNECT file-access UDF to access a filesystem path and read or write files that the database account is not authorized to access, subject to operating-system permissions. 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.

Published
Oct 16, 2026
Updated
Oct 20, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 39th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
5.4
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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • MariaDB server

    • >= 10.6.1, < 10.6.28, >= 10.11.1, < 10.11.19, >= 11.4.1, < 11.4.13, >= 11.8.1, < 11.8.9, >= 12.3.1, < 12.3.3, >= 13.0.1, < 13.0.2affected
Affected versions · NVD (6)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mariadb mariadb10.6.1 and later · before 10.6.28
  • mariadb mariadb10.11.1 and later · before 10.11.19
  • mariadb mariadb11.4.1 and later · before 11.4.13
  • mariadb mariadb11.8.1 and later · before 11.8.9
  • mariadb mariadb12.3.1 and later · before 12.3.3
  • mariadb mariadb13.0.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12mariadbfrom 0—
Debian:14mariadbbefore 1:11.8.9+ds-11:11.8.9+ds-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedmariadbbefore 12.3.2-3.112.3.2-3.1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11before 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-backupbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-client-utilsbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-commonbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-connect-enginebefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-cracklib-password-checkbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-develbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-embeddedbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-embedded-develbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-errmsgbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-gssapi-serverbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-oqgraph-enginebefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-pambefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-rocksdb-enginebefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-s3-enginebefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-serverbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-server-galerabefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-server-utilsbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-sphinx-enginebefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb10.11-testbefore 0:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum10:10.11.18-4.1.1.hum1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1mariadb11.8before 0:11.8.9-0.1.hum10:11.8.9-0.1.hum1

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Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-85746Oct 16, 2026 · MariaDB: Out-of-bound buffer write on in `ST_AsText` of nested GeometryCollections
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  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-85748Oct 16, 2026 · MariaDB: Use-after-free with a large number of SYS_REFCURSOR's
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  • Later →CVE-2026-86047Oct 16, 2026 · MariaDB: Insufficient quoting in mariadb-dump and SHOW commands
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:mariadb1:11.8.9+ds-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:mariadb12.3.2-3.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.80:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-backup0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-client-utils0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-common0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-connect-engine0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-cracklib-password-check0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-devel0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-duckdb-engine0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-embedded0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-embedded-devel0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-errmsg0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:mariadb11.8-gssapi-server0:11.8.9-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recorded+1 d
  3. TodayNov 12, 2026+27 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Bug bounty scope

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National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓
  2. SSVC exploitation— → none
  3. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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