{"id":"CVE-2019-12301","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12301","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:28:08.384Z","title":"The Percona Server 5.6.44-85.0-1 packages for Debian and Ubuntu suffered an issue where the server would reset the root password to a blank value upon an upgrade.","description":"The Percona Server 5.6.44-85.0-1 packages for Debian and Ubuntu suffered an issue where the server would reset the root password to a blank value upon an upgrade. This was fixed in 5.6.44-85.0-2.","published":"2019-05-23T16:29:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:14:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["percona/percona server"],"epss":{"score":0.0197,"percentile":0.80309,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://jira.percona.com/browse/PS-5640","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.percona.com/blog/2019/05/17/percona-server-for-mysql-5-6-44-85-0-is-now-available/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://jira.percona.com/browse/PS-5640","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.percona.com/blog/2019/05/17/percona-server-for-mysql-5-6-44-85-0-is-now-available/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12301","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}