CVE-2019-20933
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).
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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).
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 30.92% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- influxdata/influxdb · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 30.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.