MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9, when a Java application connects with sslMode=verify-full or sslMode=verify-ca, supplies a password, and does not configure serverSslCert or trustStore, Connector/J can accept an untrusted self-signed certificate through the fallbackToSystemTrustStore=true ephemeral trust manager and record its certFingerprint for later identity binding. The OK-packet and authentication-switch paths enforce the certificate fingerprint, but the initial-handshake path does not. HandshakeResponse.encode() can therefore build and send a mysql_clear_password response before checking certFingerprint != null && !isMitMProof(), sslMode, or whether the authentication plugin is resistant to a man-in-the-middle, and the initial path also bypasses restrictedAuth. An active man-in-the-middle or hostile server can present a self-signed certificate, claim to be MariaDB, select mysql_clear_password as the initial authentication plugin, and receive the full database password before the connection is rejected. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9.
CVE-2026-55856
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: MODERATE) published 2026-08-28. A secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-68019 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 27EG Risk 27/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity59% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation0.4% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 38th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.9): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.9 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
August 28, 2026
Last Modified
September 8, 2026
Advisory Details (6)
Auto-updated Aug 28, 2026[CONJ-1325] initial-handshake cleartext password leak - Jira
https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJ-1325MariaDB Connector/Java 3.5.9
Patch available: mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j 3.5.9
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/releases/tag/3.5.9MariaDB Connector/Java 3.4.3
Patch available: mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j 3.4.3
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/releases/tag/3.4.3commit d90b9872322c (mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j)
Patch available: mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j 3.5.9 (contains commit d90b9872322c)
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/commit/d90b9872322c76b05a48219be66bff1d33102f8acommit 149ec6a62637 (mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j)
Patch available: mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j 3.4.3 (contains commit 149ec6a62637)
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/commit/149ec6a626376214966c01f42d48be1b80d06056Cleartext password disclosure to a MITM on the initial-handshake · Advisory · mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j · GitHub
Affected: 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9. Upgrade to the patched release on your branch (3
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-j/security/advisories/GHSA-g9jj-cgmh-9f38Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55856(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client:3.5.9.redhat-00001 | 2026-10-15 | redhat |
| maven | org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client @ 2.7.14 (fixes < 2.7.14) | — | ghsa |
| maven | org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client @ 3.3.5 (fixes >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.5) | — | ghsa |
| maven | org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client @ 3.4.3 (fixes >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3) | — | ghsa |
| maven | org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client @ 3.5.9 (fixes >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.9) | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client | 3.5.0 ... 3.5.8 (9 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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