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, including a superuser role, and authenticate as that role via ADD IDENTITY.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.7+, which fixes this issue.
Exploitability
AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NScope
S:UImpact
C:HI:HA:H8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HOther