{"id":"CVE-2022-36640","title":"influxData influxDB before v1.8.10 contains no authentication mechanism or controls, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands","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 …","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-276"],"vendor":"influxdata","product":"influxdb","affected":["influxdb < 1.8.0"],"patched":["influxdb 1.8.0"],"published":"2022-09-02","updated":"2026-07-05","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36640","references":[{"url":"http://www.krsecu.com/CVE/409b5310045bd6b9a984a5fb63bd8786d5c5681a8ad5b1c815c84b2b90002ad7.docx","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_1.8.10_amd64.deb","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.influxdata.com/","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://influxdata.com","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://influxdb.com","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.krsecu.com/CVE/409b5310045bd6b9a984a5fb63bd8786d5c5681a8ad5b1c815c84b2b90002ad7.docx","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_1.8.10_amd64.deb","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.influxdata.com/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.02513,"epssPercentile":0.83983,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-06T17:03:25.162Z","slug":"CVE-2022-36640","body":"## Overview\n\ninfluxData 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.\"\n\n## Affected\n\n- `influxdb < 1.8.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `influxdb 1.8.0`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}