CVE-2025-55017 — Apache IoTDB Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2025-55017)

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Apache Software Foundation Iotdb).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.54%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).

Analysis and videos

CVE-2025-55017: Apache IoTDB Path Traversal Vulnerability
CVE-2025-55017 is a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) in Apache IoTDB, affecting 2.0.0 before 2.0.6 and 1.0.0 before 1.3.6. The CNA rates it critical with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, and the vector indicates network access without privileges or user interaction. Upgrading to 1.3.6 or 2.0.6 is the recommended remediation, and no confirmed exploitation appears in the sources consulted.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · apache software foundation/apache iotdb
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• CVSS changed · 9.1
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Deferred
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVE published
  Jun 26, 2026 · apache

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

2 on the record

• lists.apache.org/thread/lk08wlxq9sp64mo8hw6wvjxd3bh3lpqg
  vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/09/2
  NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Critical CVE-2026-40008 Apache IoTDB: Arbitrary Class Instantiation via Pipe Transfer RPC Jul 10, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-40005 Apache IoTDB: Path Traversal in Pipe File Transfer Receiver Jul 10, 2026
• High CVE-2026-40006 Apache IoTDB: Unauthenticated heap-exhaustion DoS via unbounded allocation in IoTDB AirGap pipe receiver Jul 10, 2026
• High CVE-2026-40007 Apache IoTDB: Unauthenticated unbounded recursion in IoTDB AirGap receiver's E-language prefix parser causes per-connection StackOverflowError Jul 10, 2026
• Medium CVE-2026-40009 Apache IoTDB: Authenticated users can escalate to full tree-path access by renaming themselves to __internal_auditor Jul 10, 2026
• High CVE-2026-40452 Apache IoTDB: Authorization bypass in /rest/v2/fastLastQuery exposes last-value data to unauthorized authenticated users Jul 10, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-55017 is "Apache IoTDB Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2025-55017)", rated Critical. It affects Iotdb (Apache Software Foundation); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.54% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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