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(CVE-2024-27137)

Vulnerability from cleanstart – Published: 2026-10-30 17:32 – Updated: 2026-06-10 16:05 – Source website

Summary

In Apache Cassandra it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack ...

Details

CVE-2024-27137 affects multiple packages. In Apache Cassandra it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. See references for individual vulnerability details.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

URL

Type

	https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-secu…	ADVISORY
	https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27137	WEB
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27137	WEB

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CVE-2024-27137 (GCVE-0-2024-27137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-04 10:19 – Updated: 2025-02-15 00:10

Title

Apache Cassandra: unrestricted deserialization of JMX authentication credentials

Summary

In Apache Cassandra it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and perform unauthorized operations. This is same vulnerability that CVE-2020-13946 was issued for, but the Java option was changed in JDK10. This issue affects Apache Cassandra from 4.0.2 through 5.0.2 running Java 11. Operators are recommended to upgrade to a release equal to or later than 4.0.15, 4.1.8, or 5.0.3 which fixes the issue.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 19:45 UTC

CWE

Unrestricted deserialization of JMX authentication credentials
CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1092 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/jsk87d9yv8r204mgq…	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2025021…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Cassandra	Affected: 4.0.2 , < 4.0.15 (semver) Affected: 4.1.0 , < 4.1.8 (semver) Affected: 5.0-beta1 , < 5.0.3 (semver)

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