9.8

CVE-2026-47846: bitnami bitnami/cassandra Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Awaiting analysis
Published 18-06-2026Last modified 18-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-47846 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in bitnami bitnami/cassandra. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability. When a custom administrator account is configured via the CASSANDRA_USER environment variable, the container initialization script creates the new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path. Affected versions — Container image: 4.0.x prior to 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x prior to 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

42%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Bitnami1 product
  • bitnami/cassandra≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.20-photon-5-r7 | ≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.11-photon-5-r7 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.8-photon-5-r4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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