How severe is CVE-2025-26701?

CVE-2025-26701 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 10.0, rated critical severity. It is exploitable over network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is high, integrity high, and availability high.

Is CVE-2025-26701 being actively exploited?

It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (35th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-26701?

Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround. Given its critical severity, prioritise patching exposed systems.

Does CVE-2025-26701 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?

Yes. CVE-2025-26701 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-7707.

When was CVE-2025-26701 published?

CVE-2025-26701 was published on 2025-03-11 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

CVE-2025-26701

CVE-2025-26701 is a critical-severity vulnerability with a CVSS 3.x base score of 10.0. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low. The underlying weakness is classified as CWE-1393.

Key facts

Severity: Critical (CVSS 3.x base score 10.0)
EPSS exploit prediction: 0% (35th percentile)
Actively exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
EU (EUVD) id: EUVD-2025-7707
Weakness: CWE-1393
Published: 2025-03-11
Last modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-26701?: 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.
How severe is CVE-2025-26701?: CVE-2025-26701 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 10.0, rated critical severity. It is exploitable over network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is high, integrity high, and availability high.
Is CVE-2025-26701 being actively exploited?: It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 0% (35th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26701?: Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround. Given its critical severity, prioritise patching exposed systems.
Does CVE-2025-26701 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?: Yes. CVE-2025-26701 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-7707.
When was CVE-2025-26701 published?: CVE-2025-26701 was published on 2025-03-11 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

References

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

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