CVE-2026-3494 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-3494: MariaDB Server Audit Plugin Comment Handling Bypass

Weakness CWE-778
Published March 3, 2026
Last update March 16, 2026
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In MariaDB server version through 11.8.5, when server audit plugin is enabled with server_audit_events variable configured with QUERY_DCL, QUERY_DDL, or QUERY_DML filtering, if an authenticated database user invokes a SQL statement prefixed with double-hyphen (—) or hash (#) style comments, the statement is not logged.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 3, 2026 CVE published
March 16, 2026 Record updated