CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-20933

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 19, 2020 | Modified: Oct 19, 2022
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.6 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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).

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Influxdb Influxdata * 1.7.6 (excluding)
Influxdb Ubuntu bionic *
Influxdb Ubuntu devel *
Influxdb Ubuntu focal *
Influxdb Ubuntu groovy *
Influxdb Ubuntu hirsute *
Influxdb Ubuntu impish *
Influxdb Ubuntu jammy *
Influxdb Ubuntu trusty *
Influxdb Ubuntu upstream *
Influxdb Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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