Apache Cassandra: cqlsh history sensitive information leak

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-27315
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapache
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-07 17:16:27 UTC
Updated2026-04-07 18:16:40 UTC
DescriptionSensitive 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532 | CWE-532 CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Apache Software Foundation Apache Cassandra affected 4.0 4.0.19 semver Not specified

References

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lists.apache.org/thread/ft77zrk2mzt8qsch4g6jqjj4901d22k3 [email protected] lists.apache.org
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21180 [email protected] issues.apache.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Youlong Chen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (en)

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