Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate identity with an arbitrary role, including a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrng82ddy4rpsmfyk582v6hqxcqrbz7f Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.8 · apacheNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrng82ddy4rpsmfyk582v6hqxcqrbz7f Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory