ubuntu-cve-2019-20933
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-11-19 02:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20933",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:15Z",
  "published": "2020-11-19T02:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20933"
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      "url": "https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0"
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      "url": "https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927"
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5451-1"
    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  ]
}



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