CVE-2026-40006 PUBLISHED

Apache IoTDB: Unauthenticated heap-exhaustion DoS via unbounded allocation in IoTDB AirGap pipe receiver

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 08.04.2026 Published: 10.07.2026 Updated: 10.07.2026

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Apache IoTDB. When pipe_air_gap_receiver_enabled=true, the IoTDB AirGap pipe receiver accepts raw TCP connections on port 9780 with no authentication. The readLength method reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit integer from the socket and readData passes it directly to new byte[length] with no upper-bound check. An unauthenticated attacker can cause the JVM to attempt an allocation of up to 2,147,483,647 bytes per connection, exhausting heap memory and crashing or severely degrading the DataNode process.

This issue affects Apache IoTDB: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.10.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.10, which fixes the issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache IoTDB
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.0.0 to 2.0.10 (excl.)

Credits

  • bugbunny.ai finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE