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TI-2020-08873 Aliases CVE-2020-10997GHSA-p7x7-rwp6-7mfx

Percona XtraBackup before 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting…

Priority LOW 31CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Percona XtraBackup before 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup file output. This may include sensitive arguments passed at run time. In addition, when --history is passed at run time, this command line is also written to the PERCONA_SCHEMA.xtrabackup_history table.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00951 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.11 to before 2.4.20; 8.0.4 to before 8.0.11VulnerablePercona
  • cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.11 to before 2.4.20; 8.0.4 to before 8.0.11 Vulnerable ·Percona

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10997
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p7x7-rwp6-7mfx

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2022-09404 In Percona XtraBackup (PXB) through 2.2.24 and 3.x through 8.0.27-19, a crafted filename… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-10175 Percona XtraBackup 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2016-05335 xbcrypt in Percona XtraBackup before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.5 does not properly set… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2015-00929 The version checking subroutine in percona-toolkit before 2.2.13 and xtrabackup before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2013-05350 Percona XtraBackup before 2.1.6 uses a constant string for the initialization vector… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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