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SUSE Mariadb Connector C Important CVE-2026-44172 DoS Advisory 2026-22844-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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A crucial update for mariadb-connector-c addresses important vulnerabilities ensuring better security and stability.
A security update for mariadb-connector-c addresses the CVE-2026-44172 vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, ensuring better handling of specific characters.

Summary

## This update for mariadb-connector-c fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-44172: mysql_real_escape_string() incorrectly handled big5 (bsc#1266438). Changes for mariadb-connector-c: * Update to release 3.4.9. * Update to release 3.4.8: * Fix compilation with GCC 15 * CONC-762: always set is_null and length in the bind structure to avoid msan errors * CONC-763: add MySQL collation ID 309 (utf8mb4_0900_bin) * CONC-764: fix build of ma_context.c on Android (X18 is a platform-reserved register) * CONC-766: disable clang -Wcast-function-type-strict for makecontext ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

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References

* bsc#1266438

Cross-

* CVE-2026-44172

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-44172 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-44172 ( NVD ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-44172 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-44172 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44172.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266438

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22844-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T08:23:18Z
Rating: important

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