Linuxsecurity Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in MariaDB Affecting Security
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- •MariaDB vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary command execution and SQL injection.
- •Affected CVEs include CVE-2026-44168, CVE-2026-44169, CVE-2026-44171, CVE-2026-44172, and CVE-2026-44173.
- •System administrators are urged to update to the latest mariadb-server package to mitigate risks.
On July 14, 2026, multiple vulnerabilities in MariaDB were disclosed, impacting systems using the mariadb-server package. Key issues include improper validation during State Snapshot Transfers (CVE-2026-44168), privilege enforcement failures (CVE-2026-44169), and path validation flaws in the mbstream utility (CVE-2026-44171). These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands, access sensitive information, and write files outside intended directories. Other vulnerabilities include SQL injection risks due to improper handling of character sets (CVE-2026-44172) and privilege checks in file operations (CVE-2026-44173). The vulnerabilities were published on June 12, 2026, and require immediate attention from system administrators to mitigate risks. Users are advised to update to the latest package versions to address these issues.
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