What is CVE-2025-24860?

CVE-2025-24860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cassandra, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-24860?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Apache Cassandra

CVE-2025-24860

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Cassandra allowing users to access a datacenter or IP/CIDR groups they should not be able to when using CassandraNetworkAuthorizer or CassandraCIDRAuthorizer. Users with restricted data cent…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Cassandra
Apache Software Foundation Cassandra — versions 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24860?: CVE-2025-24860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cassandra, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-24860?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.