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CVE-2026-68573

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.

Scores

9.8
CVSS 9.8 out of 10, critical severity.
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
16 October 2026
Last changed
20 October 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.8 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
Known exploited
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 15).

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