UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-119281
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281
Upstream
Published
2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-31T03:30:03Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. From 3.0.0 until 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11, the connector assumed result bytes were UTF-8 but guarded only changes to character_set_client. It did not reject non-UTF-8 character_set_results changes and relied on the server's global session_track_system_variables configuration to report character-set changes. A malicious or compromised server, or a machine-in-the-middle attacker, could suppress tracking or change the result charset so application strings differed from the returned bytes, potentially defeating application-side validation or escaping that depended on the decoded values. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.7, 3.4.5, and 3.5.11.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.0-1~18.04

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.3.0-1~18.04"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.2-1build2
2.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.5.3-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.2-1
2.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.7.4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.7.6-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.6-1
2.7.6-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.7.6-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
mariadb-connector-java

Package

Name
mariadb-connector-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mariadb-connector-java?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.6-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libmariadb-java",
            "binary_version":  "2.7.6-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119281.json"