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CVE-2025-23015: apache software foundation apache cassandra Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesCGA-435w-8x66-78j7CGA-4pqc-x475-9q9jGHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4
Published 04-02-2025Last modified 15-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23015 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in apache software foundation apache cassandra. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.01%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-2VH8-WVX6-HRWC

Timeline

  1. 04-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Apache Cassandra. An user with MODIFY permission ON ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser within a targeted Cassandra cluster via unsafe actions to a system resource. Operators granting data MODIFY permission on all keyspaces on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches. This issue affects Apache Cassandra through 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.15, 4.1.7, 5.0.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 3.0.31, 3.11.18, 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3, which fixes the issue.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 1.00% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apache1 product
  • cassandra≥ 3.0.0, < 3.0.31 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.11.18 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.16 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.8 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.3
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache cassandra≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.0.30 | ≥ 3.1.0, ≤ 3.11.17 | ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.15 | ≥ 4.1.0, ≤ 4.1.7 | ≥ 5.0.0, ≤ 5.0.2
Chainguard1 product
  • druidAll versions (No fix recorded)
Org.apache.cassandra1 product
  • cassandra-all≥ 5.0-alpha1, < 5.0.3 | ≥ 4.1-alpha1, < 4.1.8 | ≥ 4.0-alpha1, < 4.0.16 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.11.18 | < 3.0.31
Wolfi1 product
  • druidAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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