CVE-2026-55859
MariaDB Connector/R2DBC: Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context and Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in org.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadb
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
MariaDB Connector/R2DBC is a non-blocking MariaDB and MySQL client implemented in Java. Prior to 1.4.1, org.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadb encodes and decodes all character data under the assumption that the connection character set is UTF-8. A server can announce a mid-session change to character_set_client through the OK-packet session-state-tracking mechanism, including through SET NAMES executed by a stored routine or trigger, server configuration, or a hostile or man-in-the-middle server. If the new character set is not UTF-8, the driver continues to exchange UTF-8 while the server interprets the same bytes under a different encoding, causing silent data corruption and a client/server charset-confusion mismatch that can defeat byte-wise quoting or escaping. The fix accepts only utf8, utf8mb3, or utf8mb4 after initialization; any other value raises R2dbcNonTransientResourceException with SQLState 08000 and closes the connection. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
mariadb-corporation · mariadb-connector-r2dbc
- affected < 1.4.1
- affected < 1.4.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.mariadb:r2dbc-mariadbGHSA-5rqc-86vf-g8r2 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqc-86vf-g8r2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/commit/38bad9afebc6c581a853656a42f9ebf403b1b1b7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-r2dbc/releases/tag/1.4.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/R2DBC-124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5rqc-86vf-g8r2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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