VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-25212

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.

CRITICAL 9.9EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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 3.1: 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-250
Affected: percona/monitoring and management
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.