CVE-2021-44521

CVE-2021-44521: Remote code execution for scripted UDFs

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Cassandra
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published February 11, 2022
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When running Apache Cassandra with the following configuration: enable_user_defined_functions: true enable_scripted_user_defined_functions: true enable_user_defined_functions_threads: false it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host. The attacker would need to have enough permissions to create user defined functions in the cluster to be able to exploit this. Note that this configuration is documented as unsafe, and will continue to be considered unsafe after this CVE.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 11, 2022 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated