CVE-2025-24860

Description

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Apache Cassandra allowing users to access a datacenter or IP/CIDR groups they should not be able to when using CassandraNetworkAuthorizer or CassandraCIDRAuthorizer. Users with restricted data center access can update their own permissions via data control language (DCL) statements on affected versions. This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.15 and from 4.1.0 through 4.1.7 for CassandraNetworkAuthorizer, and from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 for both CassandraNetworkAuthorizer and CassandraCIDRAuthorizer. Operators using CassandraNetworkAuthorizer or CassandraCIDRAuthorizer on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3, which fixes the issue.

Reserved 2025-01-27 | Published 2025-02-04 | Updated 2025-02-15 | Assigner apache

Problem types

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

4.0.0
affected

4.1.0
affected

5.0.0
affected

Credits

Stefan Miklosovic reporter

References

lists.apache.org/thread/yjo5on4tf7s1r9qklc4byrz30b8vkm2d vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-24860)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-24860)

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