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CVE-2026-40009

Improper Privilege Management, Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache IoTDB.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.35%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-284
Source: security@apache.org

References

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

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