Description
Authenticated DoS over CQL in Apache Cassandra 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 allows authenticated user to raise query latencies via repeated password changes. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 5.0.7, which fixes this issue.
Problem types
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Product status
4.0 (semver)
4.1 (semver)
5.0 (semver)
Credits
Youlong Chen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/9
lists.apache.org/thread/2tnwjdnss378glxrsmnlzz3k53ftphrc