CVE
CVE-2026-27314
Apache Cassandra is vulnerable to privilege escalation in an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator
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.
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CVSS Version
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8.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
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U
8.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27314, https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/b584a435970e5125e1def5148d943c39569dc7af, https://github.com/apache/cassandra, https://github.com/apache/cassandra/releases/tag/cassandra-5.0.7, https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrng82ddy4rpsmfyk582v6hqxcqrbz7f, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/7
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