Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU60551

Security features bypass in Cassandra - CVE-2021-44521

Published: February 11, 2022 / Updated: November 26, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU60551

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44521

CWE-ID: CWE-254

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Affected software:
Cassandra

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure configuration that allows arbitrary code execution if the following settings are applied:

enable_user_defined_functions: true
enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true
enable_user_defined_functions_threads: false

Note, such configuration is considered insecure and as not default.

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