CVE-2018-8016
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.61%Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache Cassandra
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 3/4/2024
Also known as:GHSA-52gq-7j6c-xw6x
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 (1)
- Maven/org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all>= 3.8, < 3.11.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (4)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8016
- WEBhttps://github.com/beobal/cassandra/commit/28ee665b3c0c9238b61a871064f024d54cddcc79
- WEBhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bafb9060bbdf958a1c15ba66c68531116fba4a83858a2796254da066@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E