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GHSA-HMRQ-MG25-FH98

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-10 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-10 21:32

Details

Improper Privilege Management, Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor.

This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 2.0.8 before 2.0.10.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-40009 (GCVE-0-2026-40009)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-10 07:15 – Updated: 2026-07-10 17:56

Title

Apache IoTDB: Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor

Summary

Improper Privilege Management, Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 2.0.8 before 2.0.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

apache

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/65hh7dh28rcxlzdzw…	vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/10/6

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache IoTDB	Affected: 2.0.8 , < 2.0.10 (semver)

Credits

bugbunny.ai

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GHSA-HMRQ-MG25-FH98

CVE-2026-40009 (GCVE-0-2026-40009)

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