What is the severity of CVE-2025-26701?

CVE-2025-26701 is considered high severity due to its potential for unauthorized SSH access and root privileges.

How do I fix CVE-2025-26701?

To mitigate CVE-2025-26701, upgrade to PMM2 versions 2.42.0-1.ova and later, or PMM3 version 3.0.0-1.ova.

What vulnerability exists in CVE-2025-26701?

CVE-2025-26701 exposes default service account credentials that could allow unauthorized access and sensitive data exposure.

Which versions of Percona PMM Server are affected by CVE-2025-26701?

CVE-2025-26701 affects Percona PMM Server versions before 3.0.0-1.ova and PMM2 versions between 2.42.0-1.ova and 2.44.0-1.ova.

What are the consequences of CVE-2025-26701?

The consequences of CVE-2025-26701 include potential SSH access, root privileges via Sudo, and exposure of sensitive data.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2025-26701

critical

CWE

1393

EPSS

0.055%

11/3/2025

CVE-2025-26701

First published: Tue Mar 11 2025(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in Percona PMM Server (OVA) before 3.0.0-1.ova. The default service account credentials can lead to SSH access, use of Sudo to root, and sensitive data exposure. This is fixed in PMM2 2.42.0-1.ova, 2.43.0-1.ova, 2.43.1-1.ova, 2.43.2-1.ova, and 2.44.0-1.ova and in PMM3 3.0.0-1.ova and later.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Percona Monitoring and Management	<3.0.0-1.ova
Percona PMM Server	>=2.42.0-1.ova<=2.44.0-1.ova

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Reference Links

https://www.percona.com/blog/security-advisory-cve-affecting-percona-monitoring-and-management-pmm/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-26701?
CVE-2025-26701 is considered high severity due to its potential for unauthorized SSH access and root privileges.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26701?
To mitigate CVE-2025-26701, upgrade to PMM2 versions 2.42.0-1.ova and later, or PMM3 version 3.0.0-1.ova.
What vulnerability exists in CVE-2025-26701?
CVE-2025-26701 exposes default service account credentials that could allow unauthorized access and sensitive data exposure.
Which versions of Percona PMM Server are affected by CVE-2025-26701?
CVE-2025-26701 affects Percona PMM Server versions before 3.0.0-1.ova and PMM2 versions between 2.42.0-1.ova and 2.44.0-1.ova.
What are the consequences of CVE-2025-26701?
The consequences of CVE-2025-26701 include potential SSH access, root privileges via Sudo, and exposure of sensitive data.

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