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GHSA-5C4F-PXMX-XCM4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-25 15:32 – Updated: 2025-08-25 21:48

Summary

Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions (4.0.16 only)

Details

This issue affects Apache Cassandra 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.16, 4.1.7, 5.0.2, but this advisory is only for 4.0.16 because the fix to CVE-2025-23015 was incorrectly applied to 4.0.16, so that version is still affected.

Users in the 4.0 series are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.17 which fixes the issue. Users from 3.0, 3.11, 4.1 and 5.0 series should follow recommendation from CVE-2025-23015.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-26467 (GCVE-0-2025-26467)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-25 14:06 – Updated: 2025-08-26 03:55

Summary

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 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.16, 4.1.7, 5.0.2, but this advisory is only for 4.0.16 because the fix to CVE-2025-23015 was incorrectly applied to 4.0.16, so that version is still affected. Users in the 4.0 series are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.17 which fixes the issue. Users from 3.0, 3.11, 4.1 and 5.0 series should follow recommendation from CVE-2025-23015.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

Assigner

apache

References

URL

Tags

https://lists.apache.org/thread/xxj36rr4d6mzyqpld…

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache Cassandra	Affected: 4.0.16 (semver)

Credits

Adam Pond of Apple Services Engineering Security Ali Mirheidari of Apple Services Engineering Security Terry Thibault of Apple Services Engineering Security Will Brattain of Apple Services Engineering Security

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GHSA-5C4F-PXMX-XCM4

CVE-2025-26467 (GCVE-0-2025-26467)

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