Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-40009 EUVD-2026-42837GHSA-hmrq-mg25-fh98

Apache IoTDB: Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor

Published Jul 10, 2026 · Updated Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Vendor: Apache Software Foundation Product: Apache IoTDB

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.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Apache Software Foundation	Apache IoTDB	2.0.8 – < 2.0.10	2.0.10

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/65hh7dh28rcxlzdzwdpt630321tr8b61 vendor-advisory