CVE-2025-23015

EUVD-2025-0230
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADPADP
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 48%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
apachecassandra
3.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 3.0.31
apachecassandra
3.1 ≤
𝑥
< 3.11.18
apachecassandra
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.16
apachecassandra
4.1.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.1.8
apachecassandra
5.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.0.3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3s
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/03/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/11/1
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006/