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Critical [CVE-2026-40005] Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache IoTDB

This critical-severity Apache Software Foundation advisory covers CVE-2026-40005 affecting Apache IoTDB.

CVE-2026-40005 Published Jul 10, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 10, 2026

CVE-2026-40005

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Summary

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 versions

1.0.0 through 2.0.10.

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Fixed versions

2.0.10

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

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Sources

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