Findings

CVE-2026-35549

An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2.

Published Apr 3, 2026 · updated Jul 24, 2026 · mariadb mariadb

An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha256_crypt_r uses alloca.

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Timeline

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  1. Apr 3, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha256_crypt_r uses alloca.

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha256_crypt_r uses alloca.

Affected

  • cpe mariadb/mariadbversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-35549

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-35549

    An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2026-35549 · ZeroDay Findings