CVE-2025-24860

MEDIUM

Apache Cassandra <4.0.15, <4.1.7 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Cassandra allowing users to access a datacenter or IP/CIDR groups they should not be able to when using CassandraNetworkAuthorizer or CassandraCIDRAuthorizer. Users with restricted data center access can update their own permissions via data control language (DCL) statements on affected versions. This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.15 and from 4.1.0 through 4.1.7 for CassandraNetworkAuthorizer, and from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 for both CassandraNetworkAuthorizer and CassandraCIDRAuthorizer. Operators using CassandraNetworkAuthorizer or CassandraCIDRAuthorizer on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3, which fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-863
Status published

Affected Products (2)

apache/cassandra < 4.0.16
org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all < 4.0.16Maven

Timeline

Published Feb 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026