An issue was discovered in Percona PMM before 3.7.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Percona PMM before 3.7. Because an internal database user retains specific superuser privileges, an attacker with pmm-admin rights can abuse the "Add data source" feature to break out of the database context and execute shell commands on the underlying operating system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-25212
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hm6f-x2ww-p497
References
More Percona Monitoring And Management vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-17237 In Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) server 2.x before 2.37.1, the authenticate… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06403 pmm-server in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows unauthenticated denial of service. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-25212 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-25212 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hm6f-x2ww-p497 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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