Medium 5.4Published Oct 16, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:30 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 16, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

MariaDB server mariadb:server (from the name)	from 10.6.1, < 10.6.28; from 10.11.1, < 10.11.19; from 11.4.1, < 11.4.13; from 11.8.1, < 11.8.9; from 12.3.1, < 12.3.3; from 13.0.1, < 13.0.2	CNA record
mariadb mariadb mariadb:mariadb	from 10.6.1 before 10.6.28; from 10.11.1 before 10.11.19; from 11.4.1 before 11.4.13; from 11.8.1 before 11.8.9; from 12.3.1 before 12.3.3; 13.0.1	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/MariaDB/server/security/advisories/GHSA-2245-9hm3-wxf6	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/4f66ca1b69daf1b7e6a562ca8e86d77a6a70abfe	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.11.19	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-10.6.28	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.4.13	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-11.8.9	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-12.3.3	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/releases/tag/mariadb-13.0.2	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-40323	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking

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