CVE-2019-20933
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2020 at 01:50 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:31 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxInfluxdb
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 31%
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.7.6
Affected range stops below 1.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00030.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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