High severity · published Feb 13, 2025
CVE-2025-26511
Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Systems running the Instaclustr
fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin versions 4.0-rc1-1.0.0
through 4.0.16-1.0.0 and 4.1.2-1.0.0 through 4.1.8-1.0.0, installed into
Apache Cassandra version 4.x, are susceptible to a vulnerability which
when successfully exploited could allow authenticated Cassandra users to
remotely bypass RBAC and escalate their privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IF
Instaclustr fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin · NetApp
4.0-rc1-1.0.0 through 4.0.16-1.0.0; 4.1.2-1.0.0 through 4.1.8-1.0.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
IF
Instaclustr fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin
NetApp
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26511
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26511
github.com
https://github.com/instaclustr/cassandra-lucene-index/security/advisories/GHSA-mrqp-q7vx-v2cx
github.com
https://github.com/instaclustr/cassandra-lucene-index/commit/44ab4b639c9354a6335f40b1cf6178c745c6e101