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Advisory record · GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4

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

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.010 · 63rd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 4 Feb 2025, 12:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven>=5.0-alpha1, <5.0.3 || >=4.1-alpha1, <4.1.8 || >=4.0-alpha1, <4.0.16 || >=3.1, <3.11.18 || <3.0.315.0.3, 4.1.8, 4.0.16, 3.11.18, 3.0.31
Identifiers
GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4 · BIT-cassandra-2025-23015 · CVE-2025-23015
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-267
Tags
Published
4 Feb 2025
Updated
18 Feb 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Apache Cassandra (cassandra-all) versions through 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.15, 4.1.7 and 5.0.2 are affected. A user who holds MODIFY permission on all keyspaces can perform unsafe actions on a system resource and escalate their privileges to superuser within the cluster. Upgrade to 3.0.31, 3.11.18, 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3 or later, which fix the issue.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.010, the 63rd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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