Securing MariaDB

Overview of security best practices for MariaDB, covering privilege separation, mandatory access control (SELinux), and vulnerability tracking.

Running MariaDB as root

Understand the implications of running MariaDB Server as root. This section highlights security risks and provides guidance on configuring MariaDB Server to operate with less privileged user accounts.

MariaDB on SELinux

Secure MariaDB Server with SELinux. This section guides you through configuring SELinux policies to enhance the security posture of your MariaDB deployments on Linux systems.

Security Vulnerabilities (CVE) Fixed in MariaDB

This is is the master list of CVEs fixed across all versions of MariaDB.

Security Vulnerabilities (CVE) Fixed in Oracle MySQL That Did Not Exist in MariaDB

This page lists all CVEs that were fixed in MySQL and mentioned in Oracle CPU Advisories, but that — to the best of our knowledge — were never present in MariaDB.