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TI-2022-10175 Aliases CVE-2022-26944GHSA-pgxx-q2mh-j9jf

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

Priority LOW 31Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Percona XtraBackup 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-10997.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00973 62nd 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:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.20VulnerablePercona
  • cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.20 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-2022-26944
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgxx-q2mh-j9jf

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-2020-08873 Percona XtraBackup before 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting… 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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