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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-10 07:15 – Updated: 2026-07-10 17:56
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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
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache IoTDB Affected: 2.0.8 , < 2.0.10 (semver)
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bugbunny.ai
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