CVE-2026-40009

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/65hh7dh28rcxlzdzwdpt630321tr8b61
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/10/6

Configurations

No configuration.

History

25 Oct 2026, 15:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Vulnerabilidad de Gestión de Privilegios Inadecuada y Control de Acceso Inadecuado en Apache IoTDB. Los usuarios autenticados pueden escalar a acceso completo a la ruta del árbol al renombrarse a sí mismos como __internal_auditor. Este problema afecta a Apache IoTDB: desde 2.0.8 antes de 2.0.10. Se recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versión 2.0.10, que corrige el problema.

Information

Published : 2026-07-10 08:16

Updated : 2026-10-25 15:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-40009

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40009

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40009

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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