Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2026-34278

 

Improper input validation in MySQL Server - CVE-2026-34278

Published: April 22, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU126790
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-34278
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Server: Optimizer component in MySQL Server. A remote privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

MySQL Server
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
openEuler
Ubuntu
Fedora
mecab
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP
mecab-ipadic
mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu package)
mysql-debuginfo
mysql-config
mysql-common
mysql
mysql-test
mysql-server
mysql-libs
mysql-help
mysql-errmsg
mysql-devel
mysql-debugsource
mysql (Red Hat package)
mysql8.0

How to mitigate CVE-2026-34278

Install updates from vendor's website.

mecab - update to 0.996-2
mecab-ipadic-EUCJP - update to 2.7.0.20070801-17.0.1
mecab-ipadic - update to 2.7.0.20070801-17.0.1
mysql-8.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm2, 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.22.04.2, 8.0.46-0ubuntu0.24.04.2, 8.4.9-0ubuntu0.25.10.1, 8.4.9-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
mysql-debuginfo - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-config - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-common - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-test - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-server - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-libs - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-help - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-errmsg - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-devel - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql-debugsource - update to 8.0.46-1
mysql - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-common - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-devel - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-errmsg - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-libs - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-server - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql-test - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1, 8.0.46-1.0.1
mysql (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.46-1.el9_8
mysql8.0 - addressed in versions 8.0.46-1.fc42, 8.0.46-1.fc43, 8.0.46-1.fc44

External References

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