CVE-2026-27314
Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass
Summary
Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory lists.apache.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web openwall.com
- web repo.maven.apache.org