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RHEL 8 : mariadb:10.11 (RHSA-2026:6435)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 304696
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for mariadb:10.11.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6435 advisory.MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL.
Security Fix(es):
* mysql: High Privilege Denial of Service Vulnerability in MySQL Server (CVE-2025-21490)
* mariadb: MariaDB Server Crash Due to Empty Backtrace Log (CVE-2023-52969)
* mariadb: MariaDB Server Crash (CVE-2023-52971)
* mariadb: MariaDB Server Crash via Item_direct_view_ref (CVE-2023-52970)
* mysql: mysqldump unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2025) (CVE-2025-30722)
* mysql: InnoDB unspecified vulnerability (CPU Apr 2025) (CVE-2025-30693)
* mysql: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21968)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL mariadb:10.11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:6435.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2339221
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359885
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359963
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350918
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2350917
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431409
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-116757
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-127157
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 304696
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-6435.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/2/2026
Updated: 4/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30722
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:judy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-pam
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-52969, CVE-2023-52970, CVE-2023-52971, CVE-2025-21490, CVE-2025-30693, CVE-2025-30722, CVE-2026-21968