CVE-2020-10997
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXtrabackup
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.4.11 ≤ v < 2.4.208.0.4 ≤ v < 8.0.11
Affected range stops below 2.4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.0.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/04/16/cve-2020-10997-percona-xtrabackup-information-disclosure-of-command-line-arguments/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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