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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-10996 · published 27 April 2020

CVE-2020-10996: Percona xtradb cluster hard-coded credentials vulnerability

Percona · Xtradb Cluster

An issue was discovered in Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.7.28-31.41.2. A bundled script inadvertently sets a static transition_key for SST processes in place of the random key expected.

8.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.5% · top 26.1% CWE-798 · Hard-coded credentialsCWE-838 · CWE-838
8.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.8
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.7.28-31.41.2. A bundled script inadvertently sets a static transition_key for SST processes in place of the random key expected.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://jira.percona.com/browse/PXC-3117 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/04/20/cve-2020-10996-percona-xtradb-cluster-sst-script-static-key/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/LATEST/release-notes/Percona-XtraDB-Cluster-5.7.28-31.41.2.html Vendor Advisory
https://jira.percona.com/browse/PXC-3117 Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/04/20/cve-2020-10996-percona-xtradb-cluster-sst-script-static-key/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/LATEST/release-notes/Percona-XtraDB-Cluster-5.7.28-31.41.2.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-10996), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.