CVE-2025-23015 — Vulnerability in...

HIGH

Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions

Published February 4, 2025Updated February 18, 2025Source: osv

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

First published February 4, 2025 (615 days ago).
Last revised February 18, 2025 — 14 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven

Update org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all to 5.0.3 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 5.0.3 for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all -->

Maven

Update org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all to 4.0.16 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 4.0.16 for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all -->

Maven

Update org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all to 3.11.18 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.11.18 for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all -->

Maven

Update org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all to 3.0.31 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.0.31 for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all -->

Maven

Update org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all to 4.1.8 or later

<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 4.1.8 for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (5)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all	maven	5.0-alpha1, 5.0-alpha2, 5.0-beta1, 5.0-rc1 (+4 more)	5.0.3
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all	maven	4.0-alpha1, 4.0-alpha2, 4.0-alpha3, 4.0-alpha4 (+22 more)	4.0.16
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all	maven	3.1, 3.1.1, 3.10, 3.11.0 (+26 more)	3.11.18
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all	maven	0.7.0, 0.7.0-rc4, 0.7.1, 0.7.10 (+193 more)	3.0.31
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all	maven	4.1-alpha1, 4.1-beta1, 4.1-rc1, 4.1.0 (+7 more)	4.1.8

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-267
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-23015?: Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-23015?: CVE-2025-23015 affects org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-23015 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.8

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4

BIT-cassandra-2025-23015

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