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CVE-2022-25834: percona xtrabackup Command Injection

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-25834USN-6745-1
Published 07-06-2023Last modified 07-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-25834 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Command Injection vulnerability in percona xtrabackup. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Percona XtraBackup (PXB) through 2.2.24 and 3.x through 8.0.27-19, a crafted filename on the local file system could trigger unexpected command shell execution of arbitrary commands.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Percona1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • percona-xtrabackup< 2.3.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1 | < 2.4.9-0ubuntu2+esm1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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