CVE-2026-68573CWE-287

CVE-2026-68573

Critical · published October 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00645 · 50.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2026-10-17T00:17Z
References (2)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4n3qt477rtvwnko2olb3hjwjll1yry8j · [email protected]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/16/7 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 OCT 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 OCT 19:32Z
    Apache Kylin: Unauthenticated Metastore Cleanup
    cvelistv5
  • 16 OCT 19:32Z
    Apache Kylin: Unauthenticated Metastore Cleanup
    cvelistv5