CVE-2025-26511

Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC

Published Feb 13, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Systems running the Instaclustr
fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin versions 4.0-rc1-1.0.0
through 4.0.16-1.0.0 and 4.1.2-1.0.0 through 4.1.8-1.0.0, installed into
Apache Cassandra version 4.x, are susceptible to a vulnerability which
when successfully exploited could allow authenticated Cassandra users to
remotely bypass RBAC and escalate their privileges.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-4205 Systems running the Instaclustr fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin versions 4.0-rc1-1.0.0 through 4.0.16-1.0.0 and 4.1.2-1.0.0 through 4.1.8-1.0.0, installed into Apache Cassandra version 4.x, are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could allow authenticated Cassandra users to remotely bypass RBAC and escalate their privileges.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mrqp-q7vx-v2cx Instaclustr Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0002}

epss

{'score': 0.00023}

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00024}

epss

{'score': 0.0002}

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Weaknesses CWE-288
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Weaknesses CWE-863
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Description Systems running the Instaclustr fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin versions 4.0-rc1-1.0.0 through 4.0.16-1.0.0 and 4.1.2-1.0.0 through 4.1.8-1.0.0, installed into Apache Cassandra version 4.x, are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could allow authenticated Cassandra users to remotely bypass RBAC and escalate their privileges.
Title Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
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'}

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
netapp
Published
Updated
Jan 22, 2026, 7:35 PM
Reserved
Feb 11, 2025, 9:58 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 13, 2025, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:01 AM