CVE-2026-62764 | Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability i… | CVSS 5.7 MEDIUM

Description

Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache Accumulo. An authenticated, but low-privileged user without system permissions may issue a remote command to gracefully shutdown system components (compaction-coordinator, compactor, gc, manager, monitor, tserver, or sserver), leading to a denial of service. This issue affects Apache Accumulo 2.1.4 and 2.1.5. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.6, which fixes the issue.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-62764
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Reserved: 2026-07-14 21:02 UTC
Published: 2026-07-17 08:35 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-17 10:07 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-274
CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Vendor / Product: Apache Software Foundation / Apache Accumulo
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.7 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Accumulo	—	2.1.4 ≤ 2.1.5

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-274	cna	CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
5.7	MEDIUM	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green

References (4)