CVE-2022-31026
Use of Uninitialized Variable in trilogy
Trilogy is a client library for MySQL. When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory. Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1 This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Use of Uninitialized Variable in trilogy
Trilogy is a client library for MySQL. When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory. Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1 This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
- Record
CVE-2022-31026- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5938
Trilogy is a client library for MySQL. When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory. Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1 This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5938- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5g4r-2qhx-vqfm
Use of Uninitialized Variable in trilogy
Impact
When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory.
Patches
Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1
Workarounds
This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Sergei Volokitin for reporting this vulnerability
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in trilogy
- Record
GHSA-5g4r-2qhx-vqfm- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Trilogy is a client library for MySQL. When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory. Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1 This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
- Record
CVE-2022-31026- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Use of Uninitialized Variable in trilogy
Trilogy is a client library for MySQL. When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory. Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1 This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
- Record
CVE-2022-31026- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5g4r-2qhx-vqfm
Use of Uninitialized Variable in trilogy
Impact
When authenticating, a malicious server could return a specially crafted authentication packet, causing the client to read and return up to 12 bytes of data from an uninitialized variable in stack memory.
Patches
Users of the trilogy gem should upgrade to version 2.1.1
Workarounds
This issue can be avoided by only connecting to trusted servers.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Sergei Volokitin for reporting this vulnerability
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in trilogy
- Record
GHSA-5g4r-2qhx-vqfm- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-31026 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Github Trilogy, published June 6, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in trilogy 2.1.1.
References
github.com/github/trilogy/security/advisories/GHSA-5g4r-2qhx-vqfm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31026