Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-07T16:33:44.448Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T03:55:52.335Z

Source :

apache
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-27314 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Apache
  • Cassandra
REFERENCES

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URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/7 cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrng82ddy4rpsmfyk582v6hqxcqrbz7f cve-icon cve-icon
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