CVE-2026-40005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. An attacker can write arbitrary files anywhere the IoTDB process has write permissions with unsafe API. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apache	Iotdb

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.apache.org/thread/zw2vkbmy5xkf5y8g237v81hrs4c6b5lq

History

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Apache Apache iotdb
Vendors & Products		Apache Apache iotdb

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. An attacker can write arbitrary files anywhere the IoTDB process has write permissions with unsafe API. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.
Title		Apache IoTDB: Path Traversal in Pipe File Transfer Receiver
Weaknesses		CWE-22
References		https://lists.apache.org/thread/zw2vkbmy5xkf5y8g237v81hrs4c6b5lq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-07-10T07:09:49.770Z

Updated: 2026-07-10T15:02:01.778Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T08:40:49.866Z

Link: CVE-2026-40005

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-10T14:54:52.860Z

NVD

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Redhat

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