Medium 6.5Published Jul 17, 2026

CVE-2026-62764Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache Accumulo.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:00 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-274
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apache accumulo apache:accumulo	from 2.1.4 before 2.1.6	NVD

References

https://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/product
https://accumulo.apache.org/release/accumulo-2.1.6/release-notes
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/6478issue-tracking, patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/qclg736k93oqn4qrpw9wxjbb3jhn6gm1mailing-list, vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/17/6mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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