CVE-2026-40009

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

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Jul 10, 2026
Updated: Jul 10, 2026
Reserved: Apr 8, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache IoTDBApache Software Foundation	2.0.8 to before 2.0.10Affected

References

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