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4 vulnerabilities by scylladb
CVE-2023-33972 (GCVE-0-2023-33972)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-09-27 18:15 – Updated: 2024-09-23 19:08
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation from having CREATE access on a keyspace in Scylladb
Summary
Scylladb is a NoSQL data store using the seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra. Authenticated users who are authorized to create tables in a keyspace can escalate their privileges to access a table in the same keyspace, even if they don't have permissions for that table. This issue has not yet been patched. A workaround to address this issue is to disable CREATE privileges on a keyspace, and create new tables on behalf of other users.
Severity
7.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
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CVE-2022-29240 (GCVE-0-2022-29240)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-09-15 21:20 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:10
VLAI
Title
Uninitialized memory read in LZ4 decompression leads to authentication bypass in Scylla
Summary
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Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
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CVE-2023-33972 (GCVE-0-2023-33972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-27 18:15 – Updated: 2024-09-23 19:08
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation from having CREATE access on a keyspace in Scylladb
Summary
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Severity
7.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
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CVE-2022-29240 (GCVE-0-2022-29240)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-15 21:20 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:10
VLAI
Title
Uninitialized memory read in LZ4 decompression leads to authentication bypass in Scylla
Summary
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Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/scylladb/scylla/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/11476 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/commit/1c2ee… | x_refsource_MISC |
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