CVE-2026-59229: Apache IoTDB: Legacy Pipe Privilege Escalation

Posted by Haonan Hou on Oct 21 Severity: important Affected versions: - Apache IoTDB 2.0.0 before 2.0.11 Description: 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...

Published 21-Oct-2026 17:00 UTC · First seen 21-Oct-2026 16:59 UTC

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• Open Source Security · 21-Oct-2026