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.

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. Oper…

EPSS: 0.009 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Apache Cassandra
Apache Software Foundation Cassandra — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-267 — Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

References

security@apache.org (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.