CVE-2025-26511

Cassandra-Lucene-Index allows bypass of Cassandra RBAC

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 13, 2025 at 03:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCassandra Lucene Index

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.0-rc1-1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.16-1.0.04.1.2-1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.8-1.0.04.0-rc1-1.0.04.1.2-1.0.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHnetapp
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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