BIT-cassandra-2026-47846
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/cassandra/BIT-cassandra-2026-47846.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-cassandra-2026-47846
- Aliases
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- CVE-2026-47846
- Published
- 2026-06-18T12:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-06-18T14:15:06Z
- Summary
- Default superuser cassandra:cassandra left active when CASSANDRA_USER is customized
- Details
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Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability. When a custom administrator account is configured via the CASSANDRA_USER environment variable, the container initialization script creates the new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path. Any remote attacker who knows the default Cassandra credentials, can authenticate to the cluster as a full superuser regardless of the operator's configuration, bypassing the intent to replace the built-in account.
- Database specific
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:apache:cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "severity": "Critical" }- References
Affected packages
Bitnami / cassandra
Package
- Name
- cassandra
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/cassandra
Severity
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator