CVE-2026-48165
From versions 10.6.1 to before 10.6.27, 10.11.1 to before 10.11.18, 11.4.1 to before 11.4.12, 11.8.1 to before 11.8.8, and 12.3.1, a high-privileged MariaDB user could've used wsrep_sst_receive_address or wsrep_sst_donor global system variables to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. From versions 10.6.1 to before 10.6.27, 10.11.1 to before 10.11.18, 11.4.1 to before 11.4.12, 11.8.1 to before 11.8.8, and 12.3.1, a high-privileged MariaDB user could've used wsrep_sst_receive_address or wsrep_sst_donor global system variables to execute shell commands as the uid of the mariadbd process on the galera joiner node. This issue has been patched in versions 10.6.27, 10.11.18, 11.4.12, 11.8.8, and 12.3.2.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- mariadb/mariadb
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/MariaDB/server/security/advisories/GHSA-7v3p-h23x-8hwvVendor Advisory
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-39676Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25143
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25145
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33093
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33412
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33464
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33482
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49522
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48165
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488458
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48165.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.