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CVE-2020-10997

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10997 affects Percona XtraBackup versions prior to 2.4.20, where the software inadvertently logs command-line arguments, potentially containing sensitive information, into backup files and the PERCONA_SCHEMA.xtrabackup_history table. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and privileges, leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.11, < 2.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.4, < 8.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jira.percona.com / browse/PXB-2142
Vendor Advisory
percona.com / blog/2020/04/16/cve-2020-10997-percona-xtrabackup-information-disclosure-of-command-line-arguments
Vendor Advisory