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CVE-2026-40005: Apache IoTDB: Path Traversal in Pipe File Transfer Receiver

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-10 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache IoTDB: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.10 — fixed in 2.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache IoTDB 2.0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/zw2vkbmy5xkf5y8g237v81hrs4c6b5lq
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/10/2

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