{"@context":"https://openvex.dev/ns/v0.2.0","@id":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-47846/vex.json","author":"HarborGuard Database","role":"Document Creator","timestamp":"2026-06-18T20:24:56.024Z","version":1,"tooling":"HarborGuard Database (https://database.harborguard.co)","statements":[{"vulnerability":{"name":"CVE-2026-47846","@id":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47846","description":"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"},"products":[{"@id":"cpe:2.3:a:bitnami:bitnami\\/cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","identifiers":{"cpe23":"cpe:2.3:a:bitnami:bitnami\\/cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"status":"affected","action_statement":"Update to a fixed version: 4.0.20-photon-5-r7, 4.1.11-photon-5-r7, 5.0.8-photon-5-r4.","timestamp":"2026-06-18T20:24:56.024Z"}]}