CVE-2026-40009

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.5 Medium

Status

Deferred - security@apache.org

Published

2026-07-10

Last modified

2026-10-25

Weaknesses

CWE-269, CWE-284

Affected products

• Apache Iotdb (Apache Software Foundation)

References

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