{"id":"CVE-2026-62764","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-62764","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:17.446Z","title":"Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache Accumulo.","description":"Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache Accumulo.\nAn authenticated, but low-privileged user without system permissions may\nissue a remote command to gracefully shutdown system components\n(compaction-coordinator, compactor, gc, manager, monitor, tserver, or sserver),\nleading to a denial of service.\n\nThis issue affects Apache Accumulo 2.1.4 and 2.1.5.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.6, which fixes the issue.","published":"2026-07-17T09:16:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-274"],"affected":["apache/accumulo"],"epss":{"score":0.00789,"percentile":0.56033,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/","tags":["Product"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://accumulo.apache.org/release/accumulo-2.1.6/","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/6478","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/qclg736k93oqn4qrpw9wxjbb3jhn6gm1","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/17/6","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62764","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}