CVE-2023-38502
TDengine Database Denial-of-Service
TDengine is an open source, time-series database optimized for Internet of Things devices. Prior to version 3.0.7.1, TDengine DataBase crashes on UDF nested query. This issue affects TDengine Databases which let users connect and run arbitrary queries. Version 3.0.7.1 has a patch for this issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
TDengine Database Denial-of-Service
TDengine is an open source, time-series database optimized for Internet of Things devices. Prior to version 3.0.7.1, TDengine DataBase crashes on UDF nested query. This issue affects TDengine Databases which let users connect and run arbitrary queries. Version 3.0.7.1 has a patch for this issue.
- Record
CVE-2023-38502- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42306
6.5
TDengine is an open source, time-series database optimized for Internet of Things devices. Prior to version 3.0.7.1, TDengine DataBase crashes on UDF nested query. This issue affects TDengine Databases which let users connect and run arbitrary queries. Version 3.0.7.1 has a patch for this issue.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42306- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
6.5
TDengine is an open source, time-series database optimized for Internet of Things devices. Prior to version 3.0.7.1, TDengine DataBase crashes on UDF nested query. This issue affects TDengine Databases which let users connect and run arbitrary queries. Version 3.0.7.1 has a patch for this issue.
- Record
CVE-2023-38502- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
TDengine Database Denial-of-Service
TDengine is an open source, time-series database optimized for Internet of Things devices. Prior to version 3.0.7.1, TDengine DataBase crashes on UDF nested query. This issue affects TDengine Databases which let users connect and run arbitrary queries. Version 3.0.7.1 has a patch for this issue.
- Record
CVE-2023-38502- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38502 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Taosdata Tdengine, published July 25, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.