CVE-2021-27928
A remote code execution issue was discovered in MariaDB 10.2 before 10.2.37, 10.3 before 10.3.28, 10.4 before 10.4.18, and 10.5 before 10.5.9; Percona Server through 2021-03-03; and the wsrep patch through 2021-03-03 for MySQL.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A remote code execution issue was discovered in MariaDB 10.2 before 10.2.37, 10.3 before 10.3.28, 10.4 before 10.4.18, and 10.5 before 10.5.9; Percona Server through 2021-03-03; and the wsrep patch through 2021-03-03 for MySQL. An untrusted search path leads to eval injection, in which a database SUPER user can execute OS commands after modifying wsrep_provider and wsrep_notify_cmd. NOTE: this does not affect an Oracle product.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 38.44% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 14 April 2021
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mariadb/mariadb · percona/percona server · galeracluster/wsrep · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 38.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162177/MariaDB-10.2-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25179Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10237-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10328-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10418-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1059-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-28Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162177/MariaDB-10.2-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-25179Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10237-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10328-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10418-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-1059-release-notes/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/security/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-28Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.