CVE-2023-30601: Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs

[Marcus Eriksson <marcuse () apache org>]

Severity: important

Affected versions:

- Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 through 4.0.9
- Apache Cassandra 4.1.0 through 4.1.1

Description:

Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs allows user with JMX access to run arbitrary commands as the user 
running Apache Cassandra
This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.1.

WORKAROUND
The vulnerability requires nodetool/JMX access to be exploitable, disable access for any non-trusted users.

MITIGATION
Upgrade to 4.0.10 or 4.1.2 and leave the new FQL/Auditlog configuration property allow_nodetool_archive_command as 
false.

This issue is being tracked as CASSANDRA-18550 

Credit:

Gal Elbaz at Oligo (finder)

References:

https://cassandra.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30601
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-18550