GHSA-52gq-7j6c-xw6x

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache Cassandra

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2018-8016
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an RMI request. This issue is a regression of CVE-2015-0225. The regression was introduced in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the regression is implemented in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is contained in the 3.11.2 release of Apache Cassandra.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allintroduced 3.8, fixed 3.11.2

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database