{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-47846: Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-47846","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-18T18:39:47.087Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-18T20:24:56.024Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-18T18:39:47.087Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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.\n\nAffected 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.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-47846 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-47846"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47846"},{"category":"external","summary":"github.com","url":"https://github.com/bitnami/containers/security/advisories/GHSA-8q3j-37vg-8fc2"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"Bitnami","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"bitnami/cassandra","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":">=4.0.0 <4.0.20-photon-5-r7","product":{"name":"Bitnami bitnami/cassandra >=4.0.0 <4.0.20-photon-5-r7","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bitnami:bitnami\\/cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":">=4.1.0 <4.1.11-photon-5-r7","product":{"name":"Bitnami bitnami/cassandra >=4.1.0 <4.1.11-photon-5-r7","product_id":"CSAFPID-2","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bitnami:bitnami\\/cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version_range","name":">=5.0.0 <5.0.8-photon-5-r4","product":{"name":"Bitnami bitnami/cassandra >=5.0.0 <5.0.8-photon-5-r4","product_id":"CSAFPID-3","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:bitnami:bitnami\\/cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-47846","title":"Bitnami Cassandra container images are affected by a retained default superuser vulnerability","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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.\n\nAffected 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.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 4.0.20-photon-5-r7, 4.1.11-photon-5-r7, 5.0.8-photon-5-r4.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3"]}]}]}