Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-55855
MariaDB Connector/Node.js: Possible SQL injection in Buffer parameter escaping under big5/gbk/sjis/cp932/gb18030 client charsets
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 permits SQL injection when attacker-controlled Buffer parameters are escaped client-side under the big5, gbk, sjis, cp932, or gb18030 client character sets. PacketOutputStream.writeBufferEscape in lib/io/packet-output-stream.js escaped bytes without the charset-aware getMbRecognizer logic in lib/misc/charset-mb.js. The server SQL lexer runs my_ismbchar before escape processing, so an attacker-controlled lead byte can consume the inserted 0x5C backslash as a multibyte trail byte and leave the following 0x27 quote unescaped, terminating the string literal and allowing arbitrary SQL. The default utf8mb4 character set and parameters sent through the execute binary prepared-statement path are not affected. Successful exploitation can expose or modify data available to the database account. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.6, and 3.5.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
mariadb-connector-nodejs · mariadb-corporation
< 3.2.4; >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.3; >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.6; >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55855
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55855
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/25c6239b68fd909132355c3f8535a5ef32423468
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/26e35f9edb00bcf249627a564e0052fba7b305a2
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/7af8b7b8b7ae5e1a081693ade989f5a80c8e06e3
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/commit/97f183f33b5d4e6767b34ecabdd81fe3294a80a6
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.2.4
github.com
https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-nodejs/releases/tag/3.3.3
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