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Echo: org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client: security update to 2.7.14

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 460293

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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, PAM dialog authentication can be coerced into transmitting the
 account password over an insecure connection. The mysql_clear_password plugin is gated behind a secure
 transport, but the sibling PAM handler SendPamAuthPacketFactory, named dialog by the server, does not
 declare that requirement and inherits the default secure-required value false; older branches implement
 the same affected behavior in SendPamAuthPacket. A hostile or man-in-the-middle server can send an
 Authentication Switch Request for dialog over plain TCP, causing the driver to return the user's password
 in cleartext when sslMode=DISABLE and restrictedAuth=null, which is the default configuration. Properly
 verified TLS and local Unix sockets are not exposed to this transport vector. This issue is fixed in
 versions 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9. (CVE-2026-55857)

Solution

Update the org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client library and its related packages to version 2.7.14 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-55857

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 460293

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55857

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55857