GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43

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    GHSA-24ww-mc5x-xc43

    Published: 7 May 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Man-in-the-middle attack in Apache Cassandra

    Details: In Apache Cassandra, all versions prior to 2.1.22, 2.2.18, 3.0.22, 3.11.8 and 4.0-beta2, it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and perform unauthorised operations. Users should also be aware of CVE-2019-2684, a JRE vulnerability that enables this issue to be exploited remotely.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13946, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fd117082b992e7d43c1286e966c285f98aa362e685695d999ff42f7@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r718e01f61b35409a4f7a3ccbc1cb5136a1558a9f9c2cb8d4ca9be1ce@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rab8d90d28f944d84e4d7852f355a25c89451ae02c2decc4d355a9cfc@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd7544b24d8fc32b7950ec4c117052410b661babaa857fb1fc641152%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0005

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.1.0
    Fixed -2.1.12

    Affected versions

    2.1.0
    2.1.1
    2.1.10
    2.1.11
    2.1.2
    2.1.3
    2.1.4
    2.1.5
    2.1.6
    2.1.7
    2.1.8
    2.1.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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