Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra
CVE-2025-23015
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (63.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Software Foundation Cassandra — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3s (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-23015?
- CVE-2025-23015 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Cassandra, classified under Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-02-04.
- How severe is CVE-2025-23015?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.