Resource exhaustion in Apache IoTDB - CVE-2026-24012
Published: August 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144714
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-24012
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in aggregation query interface when processing queries with extreme time span and aggregation interval parameters. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted query to cause a denial of service.
The issue can exhaust the Java heap and crash the DataNode process.
Affected software
Apache IoTDB
How to mitigate CVE-2026-24012
Install security update from vendor's website.
Apache IoTDB - update to 2.0.8