CVE-2023-30601Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 72% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs allows user with JMX access to run arbitrary commands as the user running Apache Cassandra This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.1. WORKAROUND The vulnerability requires nodetool/JMX access to be exploitable, disable access for any non-trusted users. MITIGATION Upgrade to 4.0.10 or 4.1.2 and leave the new FQL/Auditlog configuration property allow_nodetool_archive_command as false.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 47 days later
· 47 days later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| apacheCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Cassandra
- affected 4.0.0 – ≤ 4.0.9
- affected 4.1.0 – ≤ 4.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.cassandra:cassandra-allGHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373 (opens in a new tab)
References
References1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/f74p9jdhmmp7vtrqd8lgm8bq3dhxl8vn (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-2100 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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