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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-68573

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache Kylin.

Published Oct 16, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2026 · Apache Software Foundation

Check this week

CVE-2026-68573 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 25.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Apache Software Foundation.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
25.00%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Apache Software Foundation

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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How to fix CVE-2026-68573

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-68573 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 25.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Apache Software Foundation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 25.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 16, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 20, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-68573

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2026-103148

    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 aff

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 20, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.