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CVE-2026-27314

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Description

Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate identity with an arbitrary role, including a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-07 17:16:27.693000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-27314",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-04-07T17:16:27.693",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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      "value": "Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate identity with an arbitrary role,\nincluding a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue."
    },
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      "value": "La escalada de privilegios en Apache Cassandra 5.0 en un entorno mTLS utilizando MutualTlsAuthenticator permite a un usuario con solo permiso CREATE asociar su propia identidad de certificado con un rol arbitrario, incluyendo un rol de superusuario, y autenticarse como ese rol a través de ADD IDENTITY.\n\nSe recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versión 5.0.7+, que corrige este problema."
    }
  ],
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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