CVE-2026-40009
Apache IoTDB: Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor
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.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Apache IoTDB: Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-40009- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-42837
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-42837- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmrq-mg25-fh98
Improper Privilege Management, Improper Access Control vulnerability in Apache IoTDB....
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.
- Record
GHSA-hmrq-mg25-fh98- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-40009- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-40009 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Apache Software Foundation Iotdb, published July 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.