#VU118715 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions in Cassandra - CVE-2025-23015
Published: November 24, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118715
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23015
CWE-ID: CWE-267
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cassandra
Cassandra
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user with MODIFY permission ON ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser within a targeted Cassandra cluster via unsafe actions to a system resource.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.