CVE-2019-20933 (GCVE-0-2019-20933)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-19 01:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:00Summary
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).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: ecf23cb2-c4aa-4161-9803-bb2a8167e578
Exploited: Yes
Characteristics
Severity:
98.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-10-14
Asserted: 2023-10-14
Last Seen: 2026-07-20
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: InfluxData / InfluxDB | Class: database | Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: no | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-20: 1
Evidence
Type: Honeypot
Signal: In The Wild Attempts
Confidence: 70%
Source: shadowserver
Details
| 1D | 1 |
|---|---|
| Iot | no |
| Feed | Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities |
| Type | http-scan |
| Class | database |
| 7D Avg | 0 |
| Vendor | InfluxData |
| 30D Avg | 0 |
| 90D Avg | 1 |
| Product | InfluxDB |
| Cisa Kev | no |
| Connections | 1 |
| Observation Date | 2026-07-20 |
| Vulnerability Class | CVSS |
| Vulnerability Score | 9.8 |
| Vulnerability Severity | Critical |
References
Created: 2026-06-30 09:23 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-22 01:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: c1644db9-1c2e-4087-8c42-e78c46178580
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-07-01
Asserted: 2025-07-01
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may... | Affected: InfluxData / InfluxDB | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may... |
| Vendor | InfluxData |
| Product | InfluxDB |
| Added Date | 2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 9.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | True |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:03 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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