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CVE-2026-47846

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Description

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 new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path. Affected versions — Container image: 4.0.x prior to 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x prior to 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-18 20:16:13.630000
Last modified
2026-10-26 11:10:00.157000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-47846",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-06-18T20:16:13.630",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T11:10:00.157",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "value": "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 new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path.\n\nAffected versions — Container image: 4.0.x prior to 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x prior to 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Las imágenes de contenedor de Bitnami Cassandra están afectadas por una vulnerabilidad de superusuario predeterminado retenido. Cuando se configura una cuenta de administrador personalizada a través de la variable de entorno CASSANDRA_USER, el script de inicialización del contenedor crea la nueva cuenta de superusuario pero no elimina la cuenta ’cassandra’ integrada en ciertos escenarios. Esto deja el superusuario predeterminado ’cassandra:cassandra’ activo como una ruta de acceso no intencionada.\n\nVersiones afectadas - Imagen de contenedor: 4.0.x anterior a 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x anterior a 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x anterior a 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3."
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          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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      "url": "https://github.com/bitnami/containers/security/advisories/GHSA-8q3j-37vg-8fc2",
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