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CVE-2026-40005

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB.

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.54%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. An attacker can write arbitrary files anywhere the IoTDB process has write permissions with unsafe API. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

CVSS 3.1: 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Source: security@apache.org

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/zw2vkbmy5xkf5y8g237v81hrs4c6b5lq
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/10/2

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.