CVE-2026-25212

An issue was discovered in Percona PMM before 3.7. Because an internal database user retains specific superuser privileges, an attacker with pmm-admin rights can abuse the "Add data source" feature to break out of the database context and execute shell commands on the underlying operating system.

CVSS v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/3/release-notes/3.7.0.html#authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-internal-data-source-cve-2026-25212	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://percona.com	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:monitoring_and_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-02 17:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 21:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-25212

Mitre link : CVE-2026-25212

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25212

JSON object : View

Products Affected

percona

monitoring_and_management

CWE

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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