CVE-2020-10996
An issue was discovered in Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.7.28-31.42. A bundled script...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-10996- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-798, CWE-838
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-10996- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3393 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-3393- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4r6g-prvv-3gp3
An issue was discovered in Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.7.28-31.42. A bundled script...
An issue was discovered in Percona XtraDB Cluster before 5.7.28-31.42. A bundled script inadvertently sets a static transition_key for SST processes in place of the random key expected.
- Record
GHSA-4r6g-prvv-3gp3- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-10996- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-10996
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10996- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-10996 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Percona Xtradb Cluster, published April 27, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.54%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
jira.percona.com/browse/PXC-3117
percona.com/blog/2020/04/20/cve-2020-10996-percona-xtradb-cluster-sst-script-static-key
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10996
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r6g-prvv-3gp3
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10996
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10996