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SCA: security update for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420819

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2025-23015)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmcc-9vch-jmx4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420819

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23015

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 2/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23015

cwe: CWE-267