Author: Anna Widenius
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Still on MariaDB 10.6? Why your next upgrade is a security decision
Last week was about PHP. This week, check your database.
On 21 October 2026, the PHP project shipped emergency fixes for two critical remote code execution flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, known together as PHP2Shell. Exploit details leaked before the patch, attacks started within hours, and the only real fix was to upgrade PHP or shut down your website. Anyone running PHP 7 or earlier had no official patch at all.
If you run a hosting platform, you probably spent last […]
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Atarim joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver sponsor
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome Atarim as a Silver sponsor, strengthening the connection between MariaDB and the agencies and hosting providers shaping the web.
Atarim is an AI web agency that plugs into existing web agencies and does the client work. Agencies point it at the sites they look after, and it designs, writes, fixes and ships changes under their brand, while the agency keeps the client relationship and approves what goes live. Hosting providers also offer Atarim to […]
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Amazic joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor
MariaDB Foundation is pleased to welcome Amazic as a Silver Sponsor, adding a new supporter with strong connections across the software ecosystem.
Amazic connects innovative software vendors with partners, developers and organisations looking to adopt modern technologies. Combining software distribution with technical enablement, training, content and community-focused events, Amazic helps bridge the gap between technology innovation and real-world adoption. MariaDB Enterprise is already part of Amazic’s software portfolio, making its support for the MariaDB Foundation a natural extension of its […]
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Solanica joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor
We are pleased to welcome Solanica, the company driving the development of OpenEverest, as a MariaDB Foundation Silver Sponsor.
OpenEverest is an open-source platform for deploying and managing databases on Kubernetes. Its recently added MariaDB support gives developers and platform teams another way to bring MariaDB into their infrastructure, with deployment, high availability, backups and recovery accessible through a common interface.
MariaDB in the Kubernetes ecosystem
For organisations running applications on Kubernetes, database support is an important part of their […]
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Open Source milestone – MariaDB’sEcosystem hub hits 200 solutions
New ‘App store of open source’ is one stop shop serving the fast-growing MariaDB community’s needs for applications, developer tools, cloud platforms and projects.
The MariaDB Foundation today announces the MariaDB Server Ecosystem Hub has exceeded 200 entries, just six months after launch.
The Hub is a curated, open directory of MariaDB Server approved products, services and open-source projects. The ecosystem spans cloud and hosting platforms, monitoring and observability, backup and recovery, security, migration, connectivity, DevOps, analytics, AI and application […]
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Frappe joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor
MariaDB Foundation welcomes Frappe as a Silver Sponsor.
Frappe builds open-source software for running organisations, including ERPNext, Frappe HR and Frappe CRM. Its applications are built on Frappe Framework, where MariaDB is the default database. That makes MariaDB part of the infrastructure behind the work Frappe users do every day, from managing finances and inventory to serving customers.
“Frappe shows what open-source software can deliver when the entire stack is available for people to use, adapt and improve,” said Anna […]
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Elestio joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor
MariaDB Foundation welcomes Elestio as a Silver Sponsor, supporting the open-source project behind its managed MariaDB offering.
Elestio provides managed MariaDB with automated backups, monitoring and updates, allowing users to choose their cloud provider, region and resources. Its support for the Foundation helps sustain MariaDB’s development and grow the ecosystem around it.
Making MariaDB easier to choose and run
Choosing a database also means deciding how to deploy, maintain and operate it. Managed services give teams a practical path to […]
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Kamatera joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor
MariaDB Foundation welcomes Kamatera, a global cloud infrastructure provider, as its newest Silver Sponsor.
Kamatera provides scalable cloud servers and infrastructure across a worldwide network of data centres, giving developers and organisations control over where and how they run their applications. That flexibility makes it a natural environment for open-source technologies such as MariaDB, which users can deploy, configure and scale according to their own technical and geographic requirements.
“MariaDB belongs wherever developers choose to build and run their applications,” […]