CVE-2025-13699VulnerabilityPublished 8 Jan 2026Updated 2 Nov 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: mariadb:10.3 security update

Affects Red Hat mariadb:10.3Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 02:43 UTC

Severity

High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 1 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an updated mariadb:10.3 module package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security vulnerability in the mariadb-dump utility of MariaDB 10.3 allows remote code execution due to improper path validation. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 distributions using the mariadb:10.3 module. Red Hat has released an important security update to address this flaw. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory to mitigate the risk.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely via the mariadb-dump utility. This poses a significant risk to systems running affected versions of MariaDB 10.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Summary

The mariadb-dump utility in MariaDB 10.3 is vulnerable to remote code execution because it does not properly validate file paths. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-13699 and has been addressed by Red Hat in their security advisory RHSA-2026:0296. The advisory covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants including Extended Life Cycle Long Life, Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Telecommunications Update Service. The fix is included in updated packages for the mariadb:10.3 module.

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #6OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks…
Implementation · Input Validation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)
Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic (opens in a new tab)
Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls (opens in a new tab)
Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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WeaknessesCWE-22

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