High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-23015
CVE-2025-23015
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven | >= 5.0-alpha1, < 5.0.3 | 5.0.3 |
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven | >= 4.1-alpha1, < 4.1.8 | 4.1.8 |
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven | >= 4.0-alpha1, < 4.0.16 | 4.0.16 |
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven | >= 3.1, < 3.11.18 | 3.11.18 |
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allMaven | < 3.0.31 | 3.0.31 |
Affected products
6- ghsa-coords4 versionspkg:maven/org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-allpkg:apk/wolfi/druid-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/druid-compatpkg:bitnami/cassandra
>= 5.0-alpha1, < 5.0.3+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.0-alpha1, < 5.0.3
- (no CPE)range: < 34.0.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 34.0.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.31
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/03/2nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/11/1nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4ghsaADVISORY
- lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3snvdIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23015ghsaADVISORY
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006/nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/6207a305ba2b0cebc3241e00a843ab5dbf86d2edghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/f33267c8fae6d71166886efc3e7ddda4114ebeefghsaWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006ghsaWEB
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