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CVE-2026-68573

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Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Kylin. Unauthenticated user may access to system cleanup actions. Impact most to the kylin services that are directly exposed to public network, which is not common. In-house kylin deployments are mostly not impacted. This issue affects Apache Kylin: from 4 through 5.0.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.5, which fixes the issue.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-16 20:17:24.233000
Last modified
2026-10-20 18:17:21.817000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-68573",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-16T20:17:24.233",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-20T18:17:21.817",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Kylin. Unauthenticated user may access to system cleanup actions. Impact most to the kylin services that are directly exposed to public network, which is not common. In-house kylin deployments are mostly not impacted. \n\n\n\nThis issue affects Apache Kylin: from 4 through 5.0.4.\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.5, which fixes the issue."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "product": "Apache Kylin",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "4.0.0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.0.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "metrics": {
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 9.8,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
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}