Improper Authentication in InfluxDB

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2019-20933 · GHSA-2rmp-fw5r-j5qv · GO-2022-0780 · Published 19/11/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/influxdata/influxdb Go	`< 1.7.6`	`1.7.6`
influxdb influxdata	`< 1.7.6`	`1.7.6`

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).

NVD 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).

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20933 · ADVISORY
influxdata/influxdb · WEB
influxdata/influxdb commit 761b557 · WEB
influxdata/influxdb · WEB
ticarpi/jwt_tool · WEB
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00030.html · WEB
pkg.go.dev/github.com/influxdata/influxdb/services/httpd · PACKAGE
debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4823 · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-2rmp-fw5r-j5qv · ADVISORY

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