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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 32.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- InfluxDB <1.7.6 - Authentication Bypass (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-20933.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.3% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/influxdata/influxdbGHSA-2rmp-fw5r-j5qv (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201220 [SECURITY] [DLA 2501-1] influxdb security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4823 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-0904 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2rmp-fw5r-j5qv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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