CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Description
An issue was discovered in MariaDB Server before 11.4.10, 11.5.x through 11.8.x before 11.8.6, and 12.x before 12.2.2. If the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is installed, and some user accounts are configured to use it, a large packet can crash the server because sha256_crypt_r uses alloca.
Analysis
Denial of service in MariaDB Server through large packet crashes when the caching_sha2_password authentication plugin is enabled and accounts use it, due to unbounded stack allocation in sha256_crypt_r. Authenticated remote attackers can crash the server by sending a crafted large authentication packet. …
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EUVD-2026-18595
GHSA-3xgj-m9hf-j98g