GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj

Aliases

Downstream

MINI (2)

Published

2026-04-07T18:31:37Z

Modified

2026-04-09T10:11:15Z

Severity

6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator

Summary

Apache Cassandra has sensitive Information Leak in cqlsh

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-532"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-08T19:31:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-07T17:16:27Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

Maven / org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all

Package

Name: org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.cassandra/cassandra-all

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

4.0

Fixed

4.0.20

Affected versions

4.*

4.0.0

4.0.1

4.0.2

4.0.3

4.0.4

4.0.5

4.0.6

4.0.7

4.0.8

4.0.9

4.0.10

4.0.11

4.0.12

4.0.13

4.0.14

4.0.15

4.0.16

4.0.17

4.0.18

4.0.19

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj/GHSA-fh34-c629-p8xj.json"