CVE-2026-47846 (GCVE-0-2026-47846)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 18:39 – Updated: 2026-06-18 20:24
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Summary
Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability. When a custom administrator account is configured via the CASSANDRA_USER environment variable, the container initialization script creates the new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path. Affected versions — Container image: 4.0.x prior to 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x prior to 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Bitnami bitnami/cassandra Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.20-photon-5-r7 (custom)
Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.11-photon-5-r7 (custom)
Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 (custom)
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