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HIGH 7.8

GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373

Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs

Quick fix

GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373 — org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>4.1.2</version> for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all

Details

Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs allows user with JMX access to run arbitrary commands as the user running Apache Cassandra This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.1.

WORKAROUND The vulnerability requires nodetool/JMX access to be exploitable, disable access for any non-trusted users.

MITIGATION Upgrade to 4.0.10 or 4.1.2 and leave the new FQL/Auditlog configuration property allow_nodetool_archive_command as false.

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Affected packages

Maven / org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all
Introduced in: 4.1.0 Fixed in: 4.1.2
Fix # pom.xml: bump <version>4.1.2</version> for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all
Maven / org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all
Introduced in: 4.0.0 Fixed in: 4.0.10
Fix # pom.xml: bump <version>4.0.10</version> for org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all

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