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CVE-2019-20933

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-10-14 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2020-11-19
  • WeaknessCWE-287

Am I affected?

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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).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-11-1902:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-10-1414:56Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2023-10-1414:56Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published
10.0= 10.0no fix published
Influxdata influxdb
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.7< 1.7.61.7.6

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • ardana-cassandraSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 9.0+git.1600802664.7e480a2-3.6.2
  • ardana-mqSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 9.0+git.1605174486.a78ddce-3.19.2
  • ardana-osconfigSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 9.0+git.1601621747.a87e5a0-3.22.2
  • ardana-tempestSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9all versions · fixed in 9.0+git.1603378983.fc0bca9-3.19.2
  • crowbar-coreSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9all versions · fixed in 6.0+git.1606314264.bf9ada813-3.31.2
  • crowbar-openstackSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9all versions · fixed in 6.0+git.1604573541.bb18c172d-3.28.3
  • crowbar-openstackSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7all versions · fixed in 4.0+git.1604938545.30c10db18-9.77.1
  • grafanaSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9all versions · fixed in 6.7.4-3.20.1

65 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-20933 Red Hat Product Security

    influxdb: authentication bypass because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
4 repositories, unverifiedLorenzoTullini/InfluxDB-Exploit-CVE-2019-20933Hydragyrum/CVE-2019-20933Dungsocool/CVE-2019-20933CyberCTF/vulhub-influxdb-cve-2019-20933
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-11-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-2rmp-fw5r-j5qv

Frequently asked questions

What is 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 token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).

Is CVE-2019-20933 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-20933 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 30.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-20933?

CVE-2019-20933 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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