CVE-2026-27314 — Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass
Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate ide…
Published: 2026-04-07 · CVSS: 8.8 · CVSS 3.1
Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate identity with an arbitrary role, including a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7