{"id":"CVE-2023-33972","summary":"Privilege escalation from having CREATE access on a keyspace in Scylladb","details":"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.","aliases":["BIT-scylladb-2023-33972","GHSA-ww5v-p45p-3vhq"],"modified":"2026-05-18T05:57:05.814127994Z","published":"2023-09-27T18:15:18.162Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33972.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-269"],"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33972.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/security/advisories/GHSA-ww5v-p45p-3vhq"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33972"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"455ab99b6cce03221c653ab78b86f9e3f6ffa9c7"}],"database_specific":{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5.2.8"}]}}],"versions":["scylla-5.2.8","scylla-5.2.7","scylla-5.2.6","scylla-5.2.5","scylla-5.2.4","scylla-5.2.3","scylla-5.2.2","scylla-5.2.1","scylla-5.2.0","scylla-5.2.0-rc5","scylla-5.2.0-rc4","scylla-5.2.0-rc3","scylla-5.2.0-rc2","scylla-5.2.0-rc1","scylla-5.2.0-rc0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-33972.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}