CVE-2026-68573 (GCVE-0-2026-68573)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-16 19:32
Modified
2026-10-20 17:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Summary
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.
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Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kylin Version: 4.0.0   ≤ 5.0.4
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