Bitnami cassandra Environment Variable hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Bitnami cassandra up to 4.0.20-photon-5-r6/4.1.11-photon-5-r6/5.0.8-photon-5-r3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Environment Variable Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-47846. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Bitnami cassandra up to 4.0.20-photon-5-r6/4.1.11-photon-5-r6/5.0.8-photon-5-r3. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-47846 since 05/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 4.0.20-photon-5-r7, 4.1.11-photon-5-r7 or 5.0.8-photon-5-r4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cassandra 4.0.20-photon-5-r7/4.1.11-photon-5-r7/5.0.8-photon-5-r4

Timelineinfo

05/20/2026 CVE reserved
06/19/2026 +30 days Advisory disclosed
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-8q3j-37vg-8fc2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-47846 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-47846
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-372268

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2026 07:41
Changes: 06/19/2026 07:41 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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