CVE-2026-40005

criticalCVSS 9.1covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-07-10

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.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalCVE-2026-40005: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability i…nvd · 2026-07-10

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