TCP 9160
Synopsis
- TCP port 9160 is the default port for the Apache Cassandra Thrift RPC service (used by Cassandra 0.7–2.x; deprecated in 3.x and removed in 4.x) for client and management operations.
- DataStax Enterprise (DSE Cassandra) used the same 9160 port for its legacy Thrift interface when enabled; modern CQL uses 9042 instead.
- ScyllaDB (Cassandra-compatible) provided an optional Thrift endpoint on 9160 for legacy clients in earlier releases.
- Elassandra (Cassandra + Elasticsearch) inherited the 9160 Thrift port when that legacy interface was enabled.
- Real-world Thrift clients/drivers that connected over 9160 include Hector (Java) and Pycassa (Python).
- This port has been targeted in the wild when exposed, with attackers scanning for open Cassandra Thrift endpoints to access or exfiltrate data—especially on older deployments where authentication was disabled by default.
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