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

18 Jun 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-18 20:16

Updated : 2026-06-22 20:23

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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