CVE-2025-23015

HIGH EPSS 54.5%
Published Feb 4, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Feb 4, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
54.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-267

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
apachecassandra*≥3.0.0  –  <3.0.31
apachecassandra*≥3.1  –  <3.11.18
apachecassandra*≥4.0.0  –  <4.0.16
apachecassandra*≥4.1.0  –  <4.1.8
apachecassandra*≥5.0.0  –  <5.0.3

References 4

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/03/2
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/11/1
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.apache.org https://lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3s
    Issue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.