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SCA: security update for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (GHSA-52gq-7j6c-xw6x)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410507

Description

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

 - The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI
 interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an
 RMI request. This issue is a regression of CVE-2015-0225. The regression was introduced in
 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the regression is implemented in
 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is contained in the 3.11.2 release of
 Apache Cassandra. (CVE-2018-8016)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-52gq-7j6c-xw6x

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 410507

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8016

cwe: CWE-306