GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj Apache Cassandra has sensitive Information Leak in cqlsh

MEDIUM Published 2026-04-07 Modified 2026-04-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-27315
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-532
Reviewed
2026-04-08

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all: >= 4.0, < 4.0.20 → fixed in 4.0.20

Description

Sensitive Information Leak in cqlsh in Apache Cassandra 4.0 allows access to sensitive information, like passwords, from previously executed cqlsh command via  ~/.cassandra/cqlsh_history local file access. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.20, which fixes this issue. -- Description: Cassandra's command-line tool, cqlsh, provides a command history feature that allows users to recall previously executed commands using the up/down arrow keys. These history records are saved in the ~/.cassandra/cqlsh_history file in the user's home directory. However, cqlsh does not redact sensitive information when saving command history. This means that if a user executes operations involving passwords (such as logging in or creating users) within cqlsh, these passwords are permanently stored in cleartext in the history file on the disk.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-27315 Sensitive Information Leak in cqlsh in Apache Cassandra 4.0 allows access to sensitive information, like passwords, from previously… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File weakness

References