CVE-2018-8016: Apache Cassandra

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default configuration in Apache Cassandra 3.8 through 3.11.1 binds an unauthenticated JMX/RMI interface to all network interfaces, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code via an RMI request. This issue is a regression of CVE-2015-0225. The regression was introduced in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-12109. The fix for the regression is implemented in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14173. This fix is contained in the 3.11.2 release of Apache Cassandra.

Affected products

• Apache Cassandra: from 3.8, up to and including 3.11.1

Published 2018-06-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.