CVE-2026-55854
MariaDB Connector/Node.js is used to connect applications developed on Node.js to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3, MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. In lib/cmd/handshake/auth/pam-password-auth.js and lib/cmd/handshake/authentication.js, the SendPamAuthPacketFactory behavior for the server-side plugin dialog lacked the secure-transport gate applied to mysql_clear_password. With the default sslMode=DISABLE and restrictedAuth=null settings, a hostile or on-path server can send an Authentication Switch Request for dialog over plain TCP, causing the connector to return the account password in cleartext. Properly verified TLS and a local Unix socket prevent this path, while fingerprint-only server identity validation is not sufficient. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 20% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.9 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/29733403cfe6519cdfe9c36c93765a468fbe285d
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/53b304264df84496d331dba2765c3634602f342e
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/9781de636841d34afdd08d81dd07d43edb82f85c
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/fbc159c2c8bd18c2db2d2e6587ab3020bbda64b6
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.2.4
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.3.3
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.4.6
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.5.3
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/security/advisories/GHSA-42r5-vhpq-m858
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJS-353