CVE-2018-8016

CRITICAL

Apache Cassandra 3.8-3.11.1 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via JMX/RMI Interface

Title source: llm

Description

The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an RMI request. This issue is a regression of CVE-2015-0225. The regression was introduced in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the regression is implemented in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is contained in the 3.11.2 release of Apache Cassandra.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Mailing List x_refsource_misc

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bafb9060bbdf958a1c15ba66c68531116fba4a83858a2796254da066%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0061

EPSS Percentile 70.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-306

Status published

Products (2)

apache/cassandra 3.8 - 3.11.1

org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all 3.8 - 3.11.2Maven

Published Jun 28, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026