Critical severity · published Nov 19, 2020
CVE-2019-20933
InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka…
9.8
CVSS
30.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)30.9% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
IN
Influxdb · Influxdata
before 1.7.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20933
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20933
Patch
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0
Patch
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823
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