apache/cassandra · Security
Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-30601
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 7.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30601 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/f74p9jdhmmp7vtrqd8lgm8bq3dhxl8vn ↗
- https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/22d74c711658507addfd67e2c78b04a9b88413b2 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/aafb4d19448f12ce600dc4e84a5b181308825b32 ↗
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-18550 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373 ↗