Answer in brief
CVE-2026-119281 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in MariaDB Connector/J: Server could switch character_set_results away from UTF-8 without the client noticing. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-jgeneric | >=3.0.0 <3.3.7 || >=3.4.0 <3.4.5 || >=3.5.0 <3.5.11 | 3.3.7, 3.4.5, 3.5.11 |
Published upstream
Oct 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 29, 2026
MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. From 3.0.0 until 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11, the connector assumed result bytes were UTF-8 but guarded only changes to character_set_client. It did not reject non-UTF-8 character_set_results changes and relied on the server's global session_track_system_variables configuration to report character-set changes. A malicious or compromised server, or a machine-in-the-middle attacker, could suppress tracking or change the result charset so application strings differed from the returned bytes, potentially defeating application-side validation or escaping that depended on the decoded values. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11.
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