CVE-2025-26511: Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-26511
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
Vendor: NetApp
Product: Instaclustr fork of Stratio's Cassandra-Lucene-Index plugin
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.98% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)