What is CVE-2026-47846?

CVE-2026-47846 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bitnami Bitnami/cassandra, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-47846?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bitnami Bitnami/cassandra

CVE-2026-47846

Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability. When a custom administrator account is configured via the CASSANDRA_USER environment variable, the container initialization script creates the n…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Bitnami Bitnami/cassandra — versions 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

security@vmware.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-47846?: CVE-2026-47846 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bitnami Bitnami/cassandra, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-47846?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.