Description
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Apache Cassandra. An user with MODIFY permission ON ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser within a targeted Cassandra cluster via unsafe actions to a system resource. Operators granting data MODIFY permission on all keyspaces on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches.
This issue affects Apache Cassandra through 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.15, 4.1.7, 5.0.2.
Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 3.0.31, 3.11.18, 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3, which fixes the issue.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Cassandra | >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.30; >= 3.1.0, <= 3.11.17; >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.15; >= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.7; >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.2 |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3sIssue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/03/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/11/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 4, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed