CVE-2026-35549 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2026-35549: 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 all

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2026-35549 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

mariadb→ fixed in1:11.8.6-0+deb13u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y mariadb
```

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