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.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass
Weaknesses CWE-267
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:48:03.999Z

Reserved: 2026-02-19T00:03:57.862Z

Link: CVE-2026-27314

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:25:57.687Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-07T17:16:27.693

Modified: 2026-04-07T18:16:40.567

Link: CVE-2026-27314

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