CVE-2020-10997

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.

Published: 2020-04-27 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-10997 is rated Moderate Risk (46.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-10997

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.28% 0.95% +0.67%
2 2025-11-25 0.36% 0.28% -0.08%
3 2025-11-24 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-10997

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-10997

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-10997

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2020-10997 severity moderate: SUSE including 2 source package names (xtrabackup-2.4.26-bp154.2.3.1, xtrabackup-test-2.4.26-bp154.2.3.1), 4 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4): Fixed 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10997/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-10997 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (percona-xtrabackup), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, not-affected 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10997

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-10997

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
percona xtrabackup >= 2.4.11, < 2.4.20 cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
percona xtrabackup >= 8.0.4, < 8.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:percona:xtrabackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-10997

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