Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Apache Software Foundation
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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Apache Kylin: Unauthenticated Metastore Cleanup
Weaknesses CWE-287
References

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Apache Apache Kylin
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kylin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T17:59:10.444Z

Reserved: 2026-07-31T11:08:08.982Z

Link: CVE-2026-68573

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T20:11:20.096Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T20:17:24.233

Modified: 2026-10-20T18:17:21.817

Link: CVE-2026-68573

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Updated: 2026-10-17T21:45:14Z

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