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CVE-2026-68573

Apache Software Foundation Apache Kylin — Apache Kylin: Unauthenticated Metastore Cleanup

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 42.5.425 × 208.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Kylin. Unauthenticated user may access to system cleanup actions. Impact most to the kylin services that are directly exposed to public network, which is not common. In-house kylin deployments are mostly not impacted. This issue affects Apache Kylin: from 4 through 5.0.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.0.5, which fixes the issue.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Apache Kylin4.0.0 – 5.0.4–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

advisorylists.apache.org/thread.html/4n3qt477rtvwnko2olb3hjwjll1yry8jrefopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/16/7