Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2026· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-62764
CVE-2026-62764
Description
Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache Accumulo. An authenticated, but low-privileged user without system permissions may issue a remote command to gracefully shutdown system components (compaction-coordinator, compactor, gc, manager, monitor, tserver, or sserver), leading to a denial of service.
This issue affects Apache Accumulo 2.1.4 and 2.1.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.6, which fixes the issue.
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5- github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/6478nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/17/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread/qclg736k93oqn4qrpw9wxjbb3jhn6gm1nvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- accumulo.apache.org/downloads/nvdProduct
- accumulo.apache.org/release/accumulo-2.1.6/nvdRelease Notes
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