CVE-2026-62764

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-274: CWE-274 Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/17/6

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/6478
• https://accumulo.apache.org/release/accumulo-2.1.6/
• https://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/qclg736k93oqn4qrpw9wxjbb3jhn6gm1

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