CVE-2025-26701Network attack vector

Root access via default OVA service credentials

Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Mar 11, 2025

Use of a default password in Percona Monitoring and Management OVA 2.38.0 through 2.44.0 and 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain SSH access. OVA provisioning leaves the vagrant service account enabled with published default credentials and sudo capability sufficient to become root. The issue requires network reachability to SSH on an OVA deployment; containers, AMIs, and Kubernetes deployments are unaffected, while successful access exposes system and connected-service credentials.

CVSS severity10.0
Critical
EPSS probability0.45%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use of a default password in Percona Monitoring and Management OVA 2.38.0 through 2.44.0 and 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain SSH access. OVA provisioning leaves the vagrant service account enabled with published default credentials and sudo capability sufficient to become root. The issue requires network reachability to SSH on an OVA deployment; containers, AMIs, and Kubernetes deployments are unaffected, while successful access exposes system and connected-service credentials.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-26701
Published
Mar 11, 2025
Updated
Mar 11, 2025
Vendor
Percona
Product
Percona Monitoring and Management
Classifications
CWE-1393, T1078.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.38 <2.42.0-1.ova
  2. Affected versionversion=2.43.0 <2.43.0-1.ova
  3. Affected versionversion=2.43.1 <2.43.1-1.ova
  4. Affected versionversion=2.43.2 <2.43.2-1.ova
  5. Affected versionversion=2.44.0 <2.44.0-1.ova
  6. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 <3.0.0-1.ova

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Percona · Percona Monitoring and Managementversion=2.38 <2.42.0-1.ova; version=2.43.0 <2.43.0-1.ova; version=2.43.1 <2.43.1-1.ova; version=2.43.2 <2.43.2-1.ova; version=2.44.0 <2.44.0-1.ova; version=3.0.0 <3.0.0-1.ova

Published CVSS scores

10.0MITRECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-1393Use of Default Password
T1078.001Valid Accounts: Default Accounts

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