Apache IoTDB: Legacy Pipe Privilege Escalation
The Legacy Pipe receiver protocol (handshake / sendPipeData) uses a hardcoded SUPER_USER (root) identity when executing data loading and deletion operations. A user with only SYSTEM-level privileges (such as USE_PIPE or MAINTAIN) who does NOT have WRITE_DATA or DELETE_DATA permissions on target databases can send specially crafted PipeData messages through the Legacy Pipe API, resulting in data loading/deletion operations executed as root — effectively bypassing IoTDB's permission model entirely. This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 2.0.0 before 2.0.11. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.11, which fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-59229
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-59229
Apache IoTDB
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Structured affected-version data
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[
{
"vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
"product": "Apache IoTDB",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.0.0",
"lessThan": "2.0.11",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-59229
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- Event
- #49353 · Revision 1
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