{"schema_version": "1.6.1", "id": "CVE-2026-27314", "summary": "Privilege escalation via ADD IDENTITY authorization bypass", "details": "Privilege escalation in Apache Cassandra 5.0 on an mTLS environment using MutualTlsAuthenticator allows a user with only CREATE permission to associate their own certificate identity with an arbitrary role,\nincluding a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue.", "affected": [{"ranges": [{"type": "SEMVER", "events": [{"introduced": "5.0"}, {"last_affected": "5.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"type": "WEB", "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/zrng82ddy4rpsmfyk582v6hqxcqrbz7f"}]}