Improper Authentication in Cassandra - CVE-2024-27137

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Improper Authentication in Cassandra - CVE-2024-27137

Published: November 24, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU118708
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27137
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in when processing authentication requests. A local user can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface.


Affected software

Cassandra
Netcool Operations Insight

How to mitigate CVE-2024-27137

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cassandra - addressed in versions 4.0.15, 4.1.8, 5.0.3
Netcool Operations Insight - update to 1.6.15

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