🛡️ CVE-2018-8016 — cassandra-all

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-306 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Apache Cassandra

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2018-8016 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.

Affected software

CVE-2018-8016 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (from 3.8 up to 3.11.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 4 March 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
issues.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-306
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-03-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all 3.8 3.11.2

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