GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj Apache Cassandra has sensitive Information Leak in cqlsh
MEDIUM
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- 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.
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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