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.
CVE-2026-3494
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-03. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 24(Track)EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 3, 2026
Last Modified
July 14, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 19, 2026commit 01e25a5cb107 (aws/audit-plugin-for-mysql)
Fix landed in aws/audit-plugin-for-mysql commit 01e25a5cb107 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/aws/audit-plugin-for-mysql/commit/01e25a5cb1073f131eea774c06c8a056b1e4b2ffcommit 635559a2ad68 (MariaDB/server)
Patch available: MariaDB/server mariadb-10.6.25 (contains commit 635559a2ad68)
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/commit/635559a2ad68a5a6d1a354e8209c58323dba0261MariaDB Server Audit Plugin Comment Handling Bypass
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-006-AWS/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-3494(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 23× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 03:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-14 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-14 16:06 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-14 16:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-14 16:03 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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