From d940fd595db96b35348ad9990ce41c2067067e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Ratcliffe <luke.ratcliffe@trellix.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:46:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mark non-security md5 usage to allow for compatibility with
 fips environments

patch by Luke Ratcliffe and Brad Schoening; reviewed by Bret McGuire and Brad Schoening
---
 cassandra/metadata.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cassandra/metadata.py b/cassandra/metadata.py
index 43399b7152..d9d782b6d2 100644
--- a/cassandra/metadata.py
+++ b/cassandra/metadata.py
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ class MD5Token(HashToken):
     def hash_fn(cls, key):
         if isinstance(key, str):
             key = key.encode('UTF-8')
-        return abs(varint_unpack(md5(key).digest()))
+        return abs(varint_unpack(md5(key,usedforsecurity=False).digest()))
 
 
 class BytesToken(Token):