Xtrabackup vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product112 versions
The short answer

Xtrabackup is made by Percona. We track 6 published vulnerabilities in it, across 112 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Xtrabackup, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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None of Xtrabackup's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Xtrabackup flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. 1.2%

    The version checking subroutine in percona-toolkit before 2.2.13 and xtrabackup before 2.2.9 was vulnerable to silent HTTP downgrade attacks and Man In The Middle attacks in which the server response could be...

    CVSS5.9Published29 Sep 2017
  2. 1.1%

    xbcrypt in Percona XtraBackup before 2.3.6 and 2.4.x before 2.4.5 does not properly set the initialization vector (IV) for encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive...

    CVSS5.9Published23 Mar 2017
  3. 1.0%

    Percona XtraBackup 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup file output.

    CVSS6.5Published2 Jun 2022
  4. 1.0%

    Percona XtraBackup before 2.4.20 unintentionally writes the command line to any resulting backup file output.

    CVSS6.5Published27 Apr 2020
  5. 0.5%

    In Percona XtraBackup (PXB) through 2.2.24 and 3.x through 8.0.27-19, a crafted filename on the local file system could trigger unexpected command shell execution of arbitrary commands.

    CVSS7.8Published7 Jun 2023
  6. 0.4%

    Percona XtraBackup before 2.1.6 uses a constant string for the initialization vector (IV), which makes it easier for local users to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and conduct plaintext attacks.

    CVSS2.1Published13 Dec 2013
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We track 6 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Xtrabackup, across 112 versions.

None of Xtrabackup's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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