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CVE-2025-23015

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

Published: Feb 4, 2025Updated: Jul 14, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-267
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 41.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-267

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache CassandraOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
CassandraOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
cassandraOn-premDatabase
Databases / nosql
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3s
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread/l51ntkcdmhno758mvp6992lwsnhsscf8
lists.apache.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23015
nvd.nist.gov
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