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Open Cassandra Thrift

HIGH

Source

CloudSploit

open-cassandra-thrift

management console

Open Cassandra Thrift

Determines if TCP port 9160 for Cassandra Thrift is open to the public

While some ports such as HTTP and HTTPS are required to be open to the public to function properly, more sensitive services such as Cassandra Thrift should be restricted to known IP addresses.

Recommended Actions

Restrict TCP port 9160 to known IP addresses.

Links

https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/using-firewalls

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