CVE-2026-47846

Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability. When a custom administrator account is configured via the CASSANDRA_USER environment variable, the container initialization script creates the new superuser account but fails to drop the built-in cassandra account in certain scenarios. This leaves the default cassandra:cassandra superuser active as an unintended access path. Affected versions — Container image: 4.0.x prior to 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x prior to 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/bitnami/containers/security/advisories/GHSA-8q3j-37vg-8fc2

Configurations

No configuration.

History

26 Oct 2026, 11:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Las imágenes de contenedor de Bitnami Cassandra están afectadas por una vulnerabilidad de superusuario predeterminado retenido. Cuando se configura una cuenta de administrador personalizada a través de la variable de entorno CASSANDRA_USER, el script de inicialización del contenedor crea la nueva cuenta de superusuario pero no elimina la cuenta ’cassandra’ integrada en ciertos escenarios. Esto deja el superusuario predeterminado ’cassandra:cassandra’ activo como una ruta de acceso no intencionada. Versiones afectadas - Imagen de contenedor: 4.0.x anterior a 4.0.20-photon-5-r7; 4.1.x anterior a 4.1.11-photon-5-r7; 5.0.x anterior a 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 / 5.0.8-debian-12-r3.

Information

Published : 2026-06-18 20:16

Updated : 2026-10-26 11:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-47846

Mitre link : CVE-2026-47846

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-47846

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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