What is CVE-2024-27137?

CVE-2024-27137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cassandra, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-27137?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Apache Cassandra

CVE-2024-27137

In Apache Cassandra it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Apache Cassandra — versions 5.0.0
Apache Software Foundation Cassandra — versions 4.0.2, 4.1.0, 5.0-beta1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27137?: CVE-2024-27137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cassandra, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-27137?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.