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Operators granting data MODIFY permission on all keyspaces on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches.\n\nThis issue affects Apache Cassandra through 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.15, 4.1.7, 5.0.2.\n\nUsers 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.","publishedAt":"2025-02-04T09:37:18.580Z","updatedAt":"2025-02-15T00:10:34.356Z","severity":{"score":8.8,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"apache","products":["Apache Software Foundation Apache Cassandra"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","product":"Apache Cassandra","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"3.0.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.30","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"3.1.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"3.11.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.0.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.0.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.1.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"4.1.7","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.0.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.0.2","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://lists.apache.org/thread/jmks4msbgkl65ssg69x728sv1m0hwz3s","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/03/2","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/11/1","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250214-0006/"],"weaknesses":["CWE-267"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:39.238Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/23xxx/CVE-2025-23015.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-23015","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-02-04T09:37:18.580Z","dateUpdated":"2025-02-15T00:10:34.356Z","assignerShortName":"apache","assignerOrgId":"f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09","dateReserved":"2025-01-10T03:33:46.731Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Apache Cassandra. 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