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GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4: Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions
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.
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-23015
Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 4, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 4, 2025
Package
maven org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 5.0-alpha1, < 5.0.3
>= 4.1-alpha1, < 4.1.8
>= 4.0-alpha1, < 4.0.16
>= 3.1, < 3.11.18
< 3.0.31
Patched versions
5.0.3
4.1.8
4.0.16
3.11.18
3.0.31
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 4, 2025
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