The vulnerability centers around improper handling of Raft consensus terms in RaftContext. Based on: 1) The explicit reference to term manipulation in RaftContext in the CVE description 2) Raft protocol mechanics where leadership is determined by term numbers 3) Standard Raft implementation patterns showing term management in RaftContext 4) Leader election being handled via AppendEntries RPCs 5) The high severity score indicating protocol-level authentication flaws. These functions likely lack proper validation of node authorization when processing term updates and leadership claims.