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CVE-2026-27314
Published: Apr 7, 2026
Modified: Apr 8, 2026
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Apache Software Foundation | Apache Cassandra | affected 5.0 - <= 5.0.6 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
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