AWS - Windows Server 2022 - MariaDB 11.4 not working from cmd line; but works from HeidiSQL

Hi,

I am stuck in a situation with using MariaDB v11.4.3 server community edition on my Windows Server 2022 under my AWS ec2 instance.

After installation of the msi from GUI using default values for almost all the properties, I could see the MariaDB service running proper under Windows Services.

When I try connecting to MariaDB from the cmd line, it gives an error like this :

ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to server at 'sending authentication information', system error: 0
r/mariadb - AWS - Windows Server 2022 - MariaDB 11.4 not working from cmd line; but works from HeidiSQL

I have checked my firewall rules and I could not see anything different which might block the port 3306.

The interesting thing is that when I try using HeidiSQL to connect, it works like a charm.

And another weird behavior is that the cmd line works all right with MariaDB v10.11 and I am observing this issue only on v11.4 stream.

I seek a resolution to this behavior at the earliest

Thanks