Headline
CVE-2023-33972: Privilege escalation from having CREATE access on a keyspace to full permission on a table in that keyspace
Scylladb is a NoSQL data store using the seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra. Authenticated users who are authorized to create tables in a keyspace can escalate their privileges to access a table in the same keyspace, even if they don’t have permissions for that table. This issue has not yet been patched. A workaround to address this issue is to disable CREATE privileges on a keyspace, and create new tables on behalf of other users.
Description
Impact
This is a privilege escalation vulnerabilty. Authenticated users who are authorized to create tables in a keyspace can escalate their privileges to access a table in the same keyspace, even if they don’t have permissions for that table.
Patches
Patches are yet to be posted.
Workarounds
A workaround is to disable CREATE privileges on a keyspace, and create new tables on behalf of other users.
References
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