🛡️ CVE-2024-27137 — cassandra

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-27137 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2024-27137 is recorded against 2 packages.

• cassandra
• org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all (from 4.0.2 up to 4.0.15)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 February 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

lists.apache.org (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Other advisories for this package

cassandra has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-47846 (9.5 Critical, published 18 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-27315 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-32588 (6.5 Medium, published 7 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-27314 (8.8 High, published 7 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-26467 (8.0 High, published 27 Aug 2025)
• AZL-66698 (published 25 Aug 2025)
• AZL-66675 (published 25 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2025-24860 (5.0 Medium, published 6 Feb 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-287: Improper Authentication) in other software:

• CVE-2022-24885 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-39254 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2012-4456 (8.0 High, published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0056 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-0483 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-1211 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-17134 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-37298 (9.8 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)

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