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SCA: security update for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408676

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Apache Cassandra, all versions prior to 2.1.22, 2.2.18, 3.0.22, 3.11.8 and 4.0-beta2, it is possible
 for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate
 the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access
 the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and perform
 unauthorised operations. Users should also be aware of CVE-2019-2684, a JRE vulnerability that enables
 this issue to be exploited remotely. (CVE-2020-13946)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408676

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13946

cwe: CWE-668