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CVE-2026-27314 Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass

🗓️ 07 Apr 2026 16:33:44Reported by apacheType 
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Cassandra 5.0 MTLS allows a CREATE user to bind their certificate to any role via ADD IDENTITY, including superuser; upgrade to 5.0.7+.

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[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "packageName": "org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all",
    "product": "Apache Cassandra",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.0.6",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "5.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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