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Vulnerability · CVE-2019-20933

influxdata influxdb Improper Authentication

Published Nov 29, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 29, 2023 · influxdata influxdb Improper Authentication

Patch now

CVE-2019-20933 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm influxdata influxdb Improper Authentication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (influxdata influxdb Improper Authentication).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
30.92%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor influxdata influxdb

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). Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor influxdata influxdbversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-20933

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-20933 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm influxdata influxdb Improper Authentication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 30.92%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 29, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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). Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Nov 29, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-20933

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-20933

    30-day exploitation probability 30.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-20933

    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).

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.