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.
Apache Cassandra has an authenticated DoS over CQL
Apache Cassandra: Authenticated DoS via ALTER ROLE Password Hashing