CVE-2026-27314 (GCVE-0-2026-27314)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 16:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 03:55
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Title
Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-07 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1092 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Cassandra Affected: 5.0 , ≤ 5.0.6 (semver)
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