Locking down database access is probably the single most important thing for a system administrator or software developer to prevent their application from leaking its data. As MariaDB 11.8 is the first long-term supported version with a few new key security features, let’s recap what the most important things are every DBA should know about MariaDB in 2025.\n

If you are self-hosting MariaDB, upgrading to latest LTS version will make TLS much esier.