CVE-2025-23015
HIGHApache Cassandra <4.1.8 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
48.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-267
Status
published
Affected Products (2)
apache/cassandra
< 3.0.31
org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all
< 5.0.3Maven
Timeline
Published
Feb 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026