Is CVE-2020-10997 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-10997 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-10997?

CVE-2020-10997 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2020-10997?

Patch guidance is available from percona security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-10997.

CVE-2020-10997 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2020-10997?

2 products: percona xtrabackup, percona xtrabackup.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-200 · Information Disclosure

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PERCONA
Published: 4/27/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

percona : xtrabackuppercona : xtrabackup

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2020-10997. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2020-10997

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CVE-2020-10997 vulnerability