Security advisory

{
  "id": "5683d39af3652c6648fd829f5ac92dba3883ccdc6debb877142a4fab1f54d796",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8016",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-8016",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-8016",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-8016",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-8016",
        "GHSA-52gq-7j6c-xw6x"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/cassandra",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ce609d19fd130e16184d9e6d37ffee4a1ebad607"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "983c72a84ab6628e09a78ead9e20a0c323a005af"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:cassandra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.11.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-8016.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.050093355Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bafb9060bbdf958a1c15ba66c68531116fba4a83858a2796254da066%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-8016",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434113,
  "published_at": "2018-06-28T16:29:00.217+00:00"
}