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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-36640

influxData influxDB before v1.8.10 contains no authentication mechanism or controls, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: the CVE ID assignment is disputed because the vendor's documentation states "If InfluxDB is being deployed on a publicly accessible endpoint, we strongly recommend authentication be enabled. Otherwise the data will be publicly available to any unauthenticated user. The default settings do NOT enable authentication and authorization."

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CVE-2022-36640
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3 Nov 2026, 06:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-36640

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Sept 2022, 20:50 UTC

influxData influxDB before v1.8.10 contains no authentication mechanism or controls, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: the CVE ID assignment is disputed because the vendor's documentation states "If InfluxDB is being deployed on a publicly accessible endpoint, we strongly recommend authentication be enabled. Otherwise the data will be publicly available to any unauthenticated user. The default settings do NOT enable authentication and authorization."

osv:CVE-2022-36640
Complete source record
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    "summary": "influxData influxDB before v1.8.10 contains no authentication mechanism or controls, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands. NOTE: the CVE ID assignment is disputed because the vendor's documentation states \"If InfluxDB is being deployed on a publicly accessible endpoint, we strongly recommend authentication be enabled. Otherwise the data will be publicly available to any unauthenticated user. The default settings do NOT enable authentication and authorization.\"",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.456677115Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://www.influxdata.com/",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493080,
  "published_at": "2022-09-02T20:50:45+00:00"
}