Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-09-02 14:46
Modified
2026-09-02 15:04
Summary
MariaDB Connector/Node.js: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information and Insufficiently Protected Credentials in mariadb
Details

MariaDB Connector/Node.js is used to connect applications developed on Node.js to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3, MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. In lib/cmd/handshake/auth/pam-password-auth.js and lib/cmd/handshake/authentication.js, the SendPamAuthPacketFactory behavior for the server-side plugin dialog lacked the secure-transport gate applied to mysql_clear_password. With the default sslMode=DISABLE and restrictedAuth=null settings, a hostile or on-path server can send an Authentication Switch Request for dialog over plain TCP, causing the connector to return the account password in cleartext. Properly verified TLS and a local Unix socket prevent this path, while fingerprint-only server identity validation is not sufficient. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "mariadb",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/mariadb"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.2.4"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.3.3"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.4.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-55854"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:mariadb:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "MariaDB Connector/Node.js is used to connect applications developed on Node.js to MariaDB and MySQL databases. Prior to 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3, MariaDB Connector/Node.js can disclose an account password when PAM dialog authentication is negotiated over an insecure transport. In lib/cmd/handshake/auth/pam-password-auth.js and lib/cmd/handshake/authentication.js, the SendPamAuthPacketFactory behavior for the server-side plugin dialog lacked the secure-transport gate applied to mysql_clear_password. With the default sslMode=DISABLE and restrictedAuth=null settings, a hostile or on-path server can send an Authentication Switch Request for dialog over plain TCP, causing the connector to return the account password in cleartext. Properly verified TLS and a local Unix socket prevent this path, while fingerprint-only server identity validation is not sufficient. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3.",
  "id": "BIT-mariadb-2026-55854",
  "modified": "2026-09-02T15:04:30.450Z",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:46:36.329Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/29733403cfe6519cdfe9c36c93765a468fbe285d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/53b304264df84496d331dba2765c3634602f342e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/9781de636841d34afdd08d81dd07d43edb82f85c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/fbc159c2c8bd18c2db2d2e6587ab3020bbda64b6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.2.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.3.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.4.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.5.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/security/advisories/GHSA-42r5-vhpq-m858"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJS-353"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55854"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "MariaDB Connector/Node.js: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information and Insufficiently Protected Credentials in mariadb"
}



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