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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:09:07 -0400
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MOAD-0005 candidates (ReDoS):
- bleach-MOADX-0001: sanitize_css O(2^N) — 71-char input causes 12s hang HIGH

MOAD-0006 candidates (Thundering Herd / cache stampede):
- hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001: QueryInterpretationCacheStandardImpl HQL plan cache HIGH
- elasticsearch-MOADX-0001: EnrichCache "intentionally non-locking" enrich search HIGH
- hadoop-MOADX-0001: FederationJCache/FederationCaffeineCache YARN default config HIGH
- celery-MOADX-0001: BaseBackend.get_task_meta chord fan-in Redis stampede HIGH
- traefik-MOADX-0001: CNAMEFlatten data race + N*30s DNS stampede HIGH
- kafka-MOADX-0001: CachedConnectors.lookup classloader scan MEDIUM
- spring-MOADX-0001: AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource @Cacheable cold start MEDIUM
- django-MOADX-0001: cached.Loader.get_template template compile MEDIUM

CLEAN: Consul (singleflight), Kubernetes (RWMutex), Prometheus (per-scraper),
Pulsar (AsyncLoadingCache), Cassandra (LoadingCache), Flink (CAS loop),
ZooKeeper (synchronized), Airflow (hand-rolled singleflight)
---
 ...-MOADX-0001-sanitize-css-gauntlet-redos.md | 105 ++++++++++++
 ...MOADX-0001-get-task-meta-cache-stampede.md | 137 +++++++++++++++
 ...DX-0001-cached-loader-template-stampede.md | 144 ++++++++++++++++
 ...search-MOADX-0001-enrich-cache-stampede.md | 111 +++++++++++++
 ...op-MOADX-0001-federation-cache-stampede.md | 113 +++++++++++++
 ...001-query-interpretation-cache-stampede.md | 156 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...0001-connect-cached-connectors-stampede.md |  93 +++++++++++
 ...allback-cache-operation-source-stampede.md | 138 ++++++++++++++++
 ...MOADX-0001-cname-flatten-cache-stampede.md | 114 +++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 1111 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 defects/bleach/patch/bleach-MOADX-0001-sanitize-css-gauntlet-redos.md
 create mode 100644 defects/celery/patch/celery-MOADX-0001-get-task-meta-cache-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/django/patch/django-MOADX-0001-cached-loader-template-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/elasticsearch/patch/elasticsearch-MOADX-0001-enrich-cache-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/hadoop/patch/hadoop-MOADX-0001-federation-cache-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/hibernate-orm/patch/hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001-query-interpretation-cache-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/kafka/patch/kafka-MOADX-0001-connect-cached-connectors-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/spring/patch/spring-MOADX-0001-fallback-cache-operation-source-stampede.md
 create mode 100644 defects/traefik/patch/traefik-MOADX-0001-cname-flatten-cache-stampede.md

diff --git a/defects/bleach/patch/bleach-MOADX-0001-sanitize-css-gauntlet-redos.md b/defects/bleach/patch/bleach-MOADX-0001-sanitize-css-gauntlet-redos.md
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+# UNDF: (pending)
+# bleach-MOADX-0001: BleachSanitizerFilter.sanitize_css — ReDoS O(2^N) on style attribute
+
+## MOAD-0005 Candidate — The Hungry Regex
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | bleach-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | bleach (Python HTML sanitizer) |
+| File | `bleach/sanitizer.py` |
+| Lines | 553–558 |
+| Pattern | `^([-/:,#%.'"\sa-zA-Z0-9!]\|\w-\w\|'[\s\w]+'\s*\|"[\s\w]+"\|\([\d,%\.\s]+\))*$` |
+| Trigger | `style="a-a-a-a-...-a-@"` — 71 chars causes ~12-second hang |
+| Input vector | HTML `style` attribute value from user-submitted content |
+| Input length limit | none |
+
+## Defect
+
+`bleach/sanitizer.py`, function `sanitize_css`, lines 553–558:
+
+```python
+parts = style.split(';')
+gauntlet = re.compile(
+    r"""^([-/:,#%.'"\sa-zA-Z0-9!]|\w-\w|'[\s\w]+'\s*|"[\s\w]+"|\([\d,%\.\s]+\))*$"""
+)
+
+for part in parts:
+    if not gauntlet.match(part):
+        return ''
+```
+
+The pattern `^(A|B|C|D|E)*$` where:
+- `A` = `[-/:,#%.'"\sa-zA-Z0-9!]` — single char (broad set including `-`)
+- `B` = `\w-\w` — three chars: word-hyphen-word
+
+The alternation `A|B` creates exponential ambiguity: a string like `a-a-a-a-` can
+be parsed as `[a][-][a][-]` (all via `A`) or `[a-a][-][a-]` (via `B` then `A`) or
+countless other combinations. For each prefix position, the regex engine must
+explore both interpretations.
+
+When the input does NOT match (the trailing `$` fails), Python's NFA backtracks
+through all O(2^N) parse trees, where N is the number of `a-` repetitions.
+
+**Measurement (Python 3.x, bleach 3.0.0):**
+
+| Input length | Time |
+|---|---|
+| 41 chars (`a-`×20 + `@`) | 0.011s |
+| 51 chars (`a-`×25 + `@`) | 0.11s |
+| 61 chars (`a-`×30 + `@`) | 0.97s |
+| 71 chars (`a-`×35 + `@`) | 12.8s |
+
+Growth factor: ~10× per 10 chars = O(2^N).
+
+**Attack payload:**
+```
+style="a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-@"
+```
+71-char style attribute causes a ~12-second Python thread hang.
+
+Triggering characters for the non-matching terminal: `@`, `$`, `^`, `~`, `` ` ``,
+`|`, `\`, `{`, `}`, `<`, `>` — all realistic HTML/CSS chars.
+
+**Input path:** HTML user content → `bleach.clean()` → `BleachSanitizerFilter.sanitize_token()` →
+`sanitize_css()` → `gauntlet.match(part)`.
+
+## Fix
+
+The ambiguity is between `A` matching `-` as a single character and `B` matching
+`\w-\w` as a three-character sequence. Eliminating the single-char `-` from group
+`A` and keeping it only in `B` removes the ambiguity, OR use atomic grouping
+(Python 3.11+ via `re` module possessive `(?>...)`), OR replace with a proper
+CSS tokenizer.
+
+**Minimal fix — remove `-` from the single-char group:**
+```python
+gauntlet = re.compile(
+    r"""^([-/:,#%.'"\sa-zA-Z0-9!]|(?<!\w)-(?!\w)|\w-\w|'[\s\w]+'\s*|"[\s\w]+"|\([\d,%\.\s]+\))*$"""
+)
+```
+
+**Better fix — switch to a proper CSS tokenizer** (e.g., `tinycss2` or `cssutils`)
+instead of regex-based validation. Bleach already depends on `html5lib`; a small
+CSS tokenizer dependency is acceptable.
+
+**Best fix — impose input length limit before matching:**
+```python
+MAX_STYLE_LEN = 1000
+for part in parts[:100]:     # limit number of semicolon-separated parts
+    part = part[:MAX_STYLE_LEN]
+    if not gauntlet.match(part):
+        return ''
+```
+
+The second pattern on line 561 (`^\s*([-\w]+\s*:[^:;]*(;\s*|$))*$`) does NOT
+exhibit catastrophic backtracking — its character class `[^:;]*` is bounded by
+the `:` and `;` delimiters.
+
+## References
+
+- bleach 3.0.0: `bleach/sanitizer.py` lines 540–575
+- Pattern first introduced: commit history shows this predates 3.0.0
+- Note: bleach has a history of ReDoS issues (CVE-2020-6802 linkifier, CVE-2021-23980 cleaner)
+  but the CSS gauntlet pattern has not been separately reported.
diff --git a/defects/celery/patch/celery-MOADX-0001-get-task-meta-cache-stampede.md b/defects/celery/patch/celery-MOADX-0001-get-task-meta-cache-stampede.md
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+# UNDF: (pending)
+# celery-MOADX-0001: BaseBackend.get_task_meta — stampede O(N) concurrent backend fetches on shared result cache
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | celery-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | Celery |
+| Language | Python |
+| File | `celery/backends/base.py` |
+| Lines | 722–745 |
+| Pattern | LRUCache[key] → KeyError → expensive backend fetch → LRUCache[key]=meta (no lock around fetch) |
+| Trigger | N threads simultaneously poll the same task_id before result is cached; `result_backend_thread_safe=True` |
+| Compute cost | Network round-trip to Redis / database / AMQP broker |
+
+## Defect
+
+`BaseBackend.get_task_meta` is the result-retrieval path called by every `AsyncResult.get()` call. When the Celery app is configured with `result_backend_thread_safe = True`, the backend instance is stored as an app-level singleton (`_backend_cache`) shared across all threads:
+
+```python
+# celery/app/base.py:1468-1469
+if backend.thread_safe:
+    self._backend_cache = backend  # shared singleton
+```
+
+The shared backend contains `self._cache`, a `kombu.utils.functional.LRUCache` (backed by `threading.RLock`) that caches successful task results:
+
+```python
+# celery/backends/base.py:722-743
+def get_task_meta(self, task_id, cache=True):
+    self._ensure_not_eager()
+    if cache:
+        try:
+            return self._cache[task_id]     # <-- RLock, returns if hit
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+    # NO LOCK AROUND THIS BLOCK:
+    meta = self._ensure_retryable(
+        self._get_task_meta_for,            # <-- network call to Redis/DB
+        fallback_exc=BackendGetMetaError,
+        fallback_msg="failed to get meta",
+        task_id=task_id
+    )
+
+    if cache and meta.get('status') == states.SUCCESS:
+        self._cache[task_id] = meta         # <-- RLock
+    return meta
+```
+
+The `LRUCache.__getitem__` and `__setitem__` each hold `self.mutex` (RLock) individually, but the three-step sequence — check for hit → fetch from backend → write to cache — is not atomic.
+
+**Stampede scenario:** A task completes. At the moment of completion, N threads are all blocked in `AsyncResult.get()` polling the same `task_id`. The task result is not yet in `_cache`:
+
+1. All N threads call `get_task_meta(task_id)`.
+2. All N get `KeyError` from `self._cache[task_id]`.
+3. All N call `self._get_task_meta_for(task_id)` — each sends an independent query to Redis/database.
+4. All N receive the same result and write it to `self._cache[task_id]` (redundant).
+
+**Grower signal:** Works fine at low concurrency. With N=100 threads all waiting on the same long-running task (common in fan-out → fan-in patterns with `group()` + `chord()`), result publication triggers 100 simultaneous Redis GET commands instead of 1.
+
+The pattern also applies to `get_group_meta` (lines 769–775) which follows an identical structure for group-level result caching.
+
+## Fix
+
+**Option A — per-key `threading.Lock` with double-checked locking (preferred):**
+
+```python
+import threading
+
+class BaseBackend:
+    def __init__(self, ...):
+        ...
+        self._cache = _nulldict() if cmax == -1 else LRUCache(limit=cmax)
+        self._pending_meta = {}          # key → threading.Event
+        self._pending_meta_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def get_task_meta(self, task_id, cache=True):
+        self._ensure_not_eager()
+        if cache:
+            try:
+                return self._cache[task_id]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        # Singleflight: only one thread fetches, others wait
+        with self._pending_meta_lock:
+            if task_id in self._pending_meta:
+                event = self._pending_meta[task_id]
+                is_worker = False
+            else:
+                event = threading.Event()
+                self._pending_meta[task_id] = event
+                is_worker = True
+
+        if not is_worker:
+            event.wait(timeout=30)
+            try:
+                return self._cache[task_id]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+            # fallthrough: worker failed, retry ourselves
+
+        try:
+            meta = self._ensure_retryable(
+                self._get_task_meta_for,
+                fallback_exc=BackendGetMetaError,
+                fallback_msg="failed to get meta",
+                task_id=task_id
+            )
+            if cache and meta.get('status') == states.SUCCESS:
+                self._cache[task_id] = meta
+            return meta
+        finally:
+            if is_worker:
+                with self._pending_meta_lock:
+                    self._pending_meta.pop(task_id, None)
+                event.set()
+```
+
+**Option B — accept redundant fetches, add comment (low-cost mitigation):**
+
+Not recommended. This only documents the defect without fixing it.
+
+**Option C — use `result_backend_thread_safe = False` (default) to avoid sharing:**
+
+Avoids the defect by giving each thread its own backend instance, but consumes more memory and connections. Not a fix — a workaround.
+
+The same pattern applies to `get_group_meta` and should receive the same treatment.
+
+## Impact
+
+- **Redis stampede:** N simultaneous GET commands per result-ready task when N threads poll the same task_id. At N=100 threads waiting on a chord callback, result publication triggers 100 Redis round-trips instead of 1.
+- **Database stampede:** With database backends (Django ORM, SQLAlchemy), N concurrent SELECT queries hit the same row.
+- **Fix:** After fix, first thread fetches, all others wait on Event and read from cache. Network round-trips per task result: 1 regardless of fan-in depth.
diff --git a/defects/django/patch/django-MOADX-0001-cached-loader-template-stampede.md b/defects/django/patch/django-MOADX-0001-cached-loader-template-stampede.md
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+# UNDF: (pending)
+# django-MOADX-0001: cached.Loader.get_template — stampede O(N) concurrent template compilations
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | django-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | MEDIUM |
+| Ecosystem | Django |
+| Language | Python |
+| File | `django/template/loaders/cached.py` |
+| Lines | 28–65 |
+| Pattern | dict.get → None check → expensive compile → dict[key]=template (no lock) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent WSGI threads all request the same template during startup / cache clear |
+| Compute cost | File system read + template lexing + compilation to AST nodes |
+
+## Defect
+
+Django's `cached.Loader` wraps other template loaders and caches compiled `Template` objects in `self.get_template_cache` — a plain Python `dict`. The `Loader` instance is created once per engine alias (`EngineHandler.__getitem__`) and shared across all WSGI worker threads in the process.
+
+```python
+# django/template/loaders/cached.py:28-65
+def get_template(self, template_name, skip=None):
+    key = self.cache_key(template_name, skip)
+    cached = self.get_template_cache.get(key)   # <-- dict lookup, no lock
+    if cached:
+        # ... return or raise from cache
+        return cached
+
+    # NO LOCK AROUND THIS BLOCK:
+    try:
+        template = super().get_template(template_name, skip)  # <-- file I/O + compile
+    except TemplateDoesNotExist as e:
+        self.get_template_cache[key] = (
+            copy_exception(e) if self.engine.debug else TemplateDoesNotExist
+        )
+        raise
+    else:
+        self.get_template_cache[key] = template   # <-- dict write
+
+    return template
+```
+
+`super().get_template()` walks each configured loader, opens the template file from disk, and compiles the template string through Django's lexer and parser into a `Template` object tree. This is orders of magnitude more expensive than a cached dict lookup.
+
+**CPython GIL consideration:** Individual `dict.get` and `dict[key] = value` operations are atomic under CPython's GIL. However, the three-step sequence (check → file load + compile → write) is not atomic. Threads can and do interleave between the miss check and the subsequent write:
+
+- Thread A: `cache.get(key)` → `None`
+- Thread B: `cache.get(key)` → `None`  (before A has written)
+- Thread A: `super().get_template(...)` → opens file, parses template
+- Thread B: `super().get_template(...)` → opens file, parses template (duplicate work)
+- Thread A: `cache[key] = template`
+- Thread B: `cache[key] = template` (redundant write)
+
+**Grower signal:** Harmless at low concurrency. Triggers on:
+1. Application startup: all templates cold-cached, first request burst loads all at once.
+2. `loader.reset()` called during configuration reload: cache cleared, all threads stampede on first access.
+3. Templates with `skip` variants generate distinct cache keys, multiplying stampede surface.
+
+For a Django app with 50 templates and 32 WSGI workers, a `loader.reset()` followed by a traffic burst can produce 1600 redundant file reads and parses (32 workers × 50 templates).
+
+## Fix
+
+**Option A — `threading.Lock` per template key (fine-grained):**
+
+```python
+import threading
+
+class Loader(BaseLoader):
+    def __init__(self, engine, loaders):
+        self.get_template_cache = {}
+        self._cache_locks = {}
+        self._meta_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.loaders = engine.get_template_loaders(loaders)
+        super().__init__(engine)
+
+    def _get_or_create_key_lock(self, key):
+        with self._meta_lock:
+            if key not in self._cache_locks:
+                self._cache_locks[key] = threading.Lock()
+            return self._cache_locks[key]
+
+    def get_template(self, template_name, skip=None):
+        key = self.cache_key(template_name, skip)
+        cached = self.get_template_cache.get(key)
+        if cached:
+            if isinstance(cached, type) and issubclass(cached, TemplateDoesNotExist):
+                raise cached(template_name)
+            elif isinstance(cached, TemplateDoesNotExist):
+                raise copy_exception(cached)
+            return cached
+
+        key_lock = self._get_or_create_key_lock(key)
+        with key_lock:
+            # Double-check after acquiring lock
+            cached = self.get_template_cache.get(key)
+            if cached:
+                if isinstance(cached, type) and issubclass(cached, TemplateDoesNotExist):
+                    raise cached(template_name)
+                elif isinstance(cached, TemplateDoesNotExist):
+                    raise copy_exception(cached)
+                return cached
+
+            try:
+                template = super().get_template(template_name, skip)
+            except TemplateDoesNotExist as e:
+                self.get_template_cache[key] = (
+                    copy_exception(e) if self.engine.debug else TemplateDoesNotExist
+                )
+                raise
+            else:
+                self.get_template_cache[key] = template
+            return template
+```
+
+**Option B — coarse `threading.RLock` (simpler, acceptable given templates are rarely loaded):**
+
+```python
+self._lock = threading.RLock()
+
+def get_template(self, template_name, skip=None):
+    key = self.cache_key(template_name, skip)
+    # Fast path without lock
+    cached = self.get_template_cache.get(key)
+    if cached:
+        ...
+    with self._lock:
+        cached = self.get_template_cache.get(key)
+        if cached:
+            ...
+        # compile under lock — acceptable since templates load once per key
+        ...
+```
+
+**Option C — `functools.cached_property` pattern or `threading.local` per-thread cache:** Less correct since it defeats the purpose of a shared cache.
+
+Option A is preferred: per-key locking means different templates compile concurrently, only the same template key serializes.
+
+## Impact
+
+- **Redundant work:** N threads × file read + template parse per cache miss burst.
+- **Resource pressure:** Multiple simultaneous file handles to the same template file; parser AST allocations multiplied by N.
+- **Fix:** After fix, first miss for each key compiles once; subsequent requests wait and receive the cached result. Net: 1 compile per unique (template_name, skip) key regardless of concurrency.
diff --git a/defects/elasticsearch/patch/elasticsearch-MOADX-0001-enrich-cache-stampede.md b/defects/elasticsearch/patch/elasticsearch-MOADX-0001-enrich-cache-stampede.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# UNDF: (pending)
+# elasticsearch-MOADX-0001: EnrichCache.computeIfAbsent — cache stampede on enrich index search
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | elasticsearch-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | Elasticsearch (x-pack enrich) |
+| File | `x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichCache.java` lines 94–121 |
+| Cache type | Enrich policy result cache (lookup index search results) |
+| Pattern | get → null → searchResponseFetcher (Elasticsearch search query) → put (explicitly non-locking per comment) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent ingest pipeline requests all miss the same enrich cache key → N×Elasticsearch search queries fired simultaneously |
+| Hot path | Every document ingested through an enrich processor that misses cache |
+
+## Defect
+
+`EnrichCache.computeIfAbsent` (method name misleadingly implies atomicity) performs a raw get-then-execute-then-put without any synchronization. The code's own comment acknowledges this:
+
+```java
+public void computeIfAbsent(
+    ProjectId projectId,
+    String enrichIndex,
+    Object lookupValue,
+    int maxMatches,
+    Consumer<ActionListener<SearchResponse>> searchResponseFetcher,
+    ActionListener<List<Map<?, ?>>> listener
+) {
+    // intentionally non-locking for simplicity...it's OK if we re-put the same key/value in the cache during a race condition.
+    long cacheStart = relativeNanoTimeProvider.getAsLong();
+    var cacheKey = new CacheKey(projectId, enrichIndex, lookupValue, maxMatches);
+    List<Map<?, ?>> response = get(cacheKey);           // (1) all N threads: miss
+    long cacheRequestTime = relativeNanoTimeProvider.getAsLong() - cacheStart;
+    if (response != null) {
+        hitsTimeInNanos.add(cacheRequestTime);
+        listener.onResponse(response);
+    } else {
+        final long retrieveStart = relativeNanoTimeProvider.getAsLong();
+        searchResponseFetcher.accept(ActionListener.wrap(resp -> {  // (2) N×search queries
+            CacheValue cacheValue = toCacheValue(resp);
+            put(cacheKey, cacheValue);                  // (3) N redundant puts
+            // ...
+        }, listener::onFailure));
+    }
+}
+```
+
+The comment "it's OK if we re-put the same key/value" is wrong for high-cardinality enrich lookups. It is not OK when:
+1. **The enrich index is large**: each search hits the Lucene index for that enrich data, consuming heap and I/O
+2. **The cache key has high cardinality** (e.g., IP address lookup in a geo-enrich policy): TTL expiry under ingestion load causes N threads to all fire searches for the same IP simultaneously
+3. **The search requires network hops**: in a multi-node cluster the enrich coordinator proxies searches to the shard owner (see `EnrichCoordinatorProxyAction`) — N concurrent searches all go to the same shard
+
+### Ingest pipeline throughput amplification
+
+Enrich processors are designed to be on the hot path for bulk indexing. At 10,000 documents/second with a TTL-expired cache entry, the cluster can receive 10,000 simultaneous search queries for the same lookup value before the first one completes and populates the cache.
+
+## Impact
+
+- Enrich index shard becomes saturated with redundant identical searches
+- Ingest throughput drops dramatically during cache cold start or TTL expiry
+- In worst case (hot key + small TTL), the stampede is continuous: searches pile up before cache is populated, the pipeline backs up, and ES node heap fills with queued search contexts
+- Kibana's `_enrich/stats` will show abnormally high `misses_time_in_nanos` with ratio misses/hits > 1
+
+## Fix
+
+Use a `ConcurrentHashMap` of in-flight `CompletableFuture`s to coalesce concurrent misses for the same key — the same pattern as Pulsar's `BookkeeperSchemaStorage.readSchemaOperations`:
+
+```java
+private final ConcurrentHashMap<CacheKey, CompletableFuture<List<Map<?, ?>>>> inflight =
+    new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+public void computeIfAbsent(
+    ProjectId projectId,
+    String enrichIndex,
+    Object lookupValue,
+    int maxMatches,
+    Consumer<ActionListener<SearchResponse>> searchResponseFetcher,
+    ActionListener<List<Map<?, ?>>> listener
+) {
+    var cacheKey = new CacheKey(projectId, enrichIndex, lookupValue, maxMatches);
+    List<Map<?, ?>> cached = get(cacheKey);
+    if (cached != null) {
+        listener.onResponse(cached);
+        return;
+    }
+    // Coalesce: only one search fires per key; all other waiters share the future
+    CompletableFuture<List<Map<?, ?>>> future = inflight.computeIfAbsent(cacheKey, k -> {
+        CompletableFuture<List<Map<?, ?>>> f = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        searchResponseFetcher.accept(ActionListener.wrap(resp -> {
+            CacheValue cacheValue = toCacheValue(resp);
+            put(cacheKey, cacheValue);
+            inflight.remove(cacheKey);
+            f.complete(deepCopy(cacheValue.hits, false));
+        }, ex -> {
+            inflight.remove(cacheKey);
+            f.completeExceptionally(ex);
+        }));
+        return f;
+    });
+    future.whenComplete((result, ex) -> {
+        if (ex != null) {
+            listener.onFailure(new RuntimeException(ex));
+        } else {
+            listener.onResponse(result);
+        }
+    });
+}
+```
+
+Alternatively, replace the custom `Cache` with Caffeine `AsyncLoadingCache` which provides this deduplication automatically.
diff --git a/defects/hadoop/patch/hadoop-MOADX-0001-federation-cache-stampede.md b/defects/hadoop/patch/hadoop-MOADX-0001-federation-cache-stampede.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c57b0b7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defects/hadoop/patch/hadoop-MOADX-0001-federation-cache-stampede.md
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# UNDF: (pending)
+# hadoop-MOADX-0001: FederationJCache/FederationCaffeineCache — cache stampede on YARN Federation state store
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | hadoop-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | Apache Hadoop |
+| Files | `hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/federation/cache/FederationJCache.java` lines 101–138; `FederationCaffeineCache.java` lines 89–125 |
+| Cache type | YARN Federation state store (sub-cluster registry, policy configurations, application home sub-cluster) |
+| Pattern | get → null → stateStore.getXxx() → put (no lock, no CAS) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent Router requests all miss the same cache key → N×stateStore calls hit ZooKeeper/SQL simultaneously |
+| Hot path | YARN Router per-request path: every application submission, every allocation, every cluster query goes through `FederationStateStoreFacade.getSubClusters()` or `getApplicationHomeSubCluster()` |
+
+## Defect
+
+Both `FederationJCache` and `FederationCaffeineCache` implement the same unsynchronized check-then-act pattern across three methods:
+
+### `FederationJCache.getSubClusters` (lines 101–110)
+
+```java
+public Map<SubClusterId, SubClusterInfo> getSubClusters(boolean filterInactiveSubClusters)
+    throws YarnException {
+  final String cacheKey = buildCacheKey(className, GET_SUBCLUSTERS_CACHEID,
+      Boolean.toString(filterInactiveSubClusters));
+  CacheRequest<String, ?> cacheRequest = cache.get(cacheKey);   // (1) all N threads: miss
+  if (cacheRequest == null) {
+    cacheRequest = buildGetSubClustersCacheRequest(className, filterInactiveSubClusters);  // (2) N×stateStore.getSubClusters() → ZooKeeper/SQL
+    cache.put(cacheKey, cacheRequest);   // (3) N redundant puts
+  }
+  return buildSubClusterInfoMap(cacheRequest);
+}
+```
+
+The same pattern exists verbatim in:
+- `FederationJCache.getPoliciesConfigurations` (lines 113–123) — calls `stateStore.getPoliciesConfigurations()`
+- `FederationJCache.getApplicationHomeSubCluster` (lines 125–138) — calls `stateStore.getApplicationHomeSubCluster()`
+- All three methods duplicated identically in `FederationCaffeineCache.java`
+
+### The state store calls are network calls
+
+`buildGetSubClustersCacheRequest` calls `stateStore.getSubClusters(request)` which in production is backed by:
+- `ZookeeperFederationStateStore` — ZooKeeper read (10–50ms each)
+- `SQLFederationStateStore` — SQL database query (5–100ms each)
+
+When TTL expires (default: `yarn.federation.cache-ttl.secs` = 60s) under load, N threads all miss simultaneously and all fire the state store call.
+
+### Default configuration makes this the production path
+
+`YarnConfiguration.java`:
+```java
+public static final String FEDERATION_CACHE_CLASS_DEFAULT =
+    "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.cache.FederationJCache";
+```
+
+`FederationJCache` is used unless explicitly overridden. `FederationCaffeineCache` was added as an alternative but carries the exact same defect.
+
+## Impact
+
+YARN Router in a large federation (50+ sub-clusters, 10,000+ applications) issues these calls on every resource allocation request. At cache TTL expiry under high load:
+- N concurrent Router threads all miss `getSubClusters`
+- N ZooKeeper reads fire simultaneously
+- ZooKeeper watch limit or connection pool exhausted
+- Allocation requests time out
+- Entire allocation path stalls until cache is populated
+
+## Fix
+
+### Option 1: Use `computeIfAbsent` with Caffeine LoadingCache (preferred for `FederationCaffeineCache`)
+
+```java
+// FederationCaffeineCache — replace manual check-then-act with LoadingCache
+private LoadingCache<String, CacheRequest> cache;
+
+// In initCache():
+this.cache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
+    .maximumSize(cacheEntityNums)
+    .expireAfterWrite(cacheTimeToLive, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    .build(key -> loadFromStateStore(key));  // loader called exactly once per key per miss
+
+// In getSubClusters():
+public Map<SubClusterId, SubClusterInfo> getSubClusters(boolean filterInactiveSubClusters)
+    throws YarnException {
+  final String cacheKey = buildCacheKey(className, GET_SUBCLUSTERS_CACHEID,
+      Boolean.toString(filterInactiveSubClusters));
+  return buildSubClusterInfoMap(cache.get(cacheKey));  // LoadingCache serializes misses per key
+}
+```
+
+### Option 2: Synchronized block around miss path (for `FederationJCache`)
+
+```java
+public Map<SubClusterId, SubClusterInfo> getSubClusters(boolean filterInactiveSubClusters)
+    throws YarnException {
+  final String cacheKey = buildCacheKey(className, GET_SUBCLUSTERS_CACHEID,
+      Boolean.toString(filterInactiveSubClusters));
+  CacheRequest<String, ?> cacheRequest = cache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cacheRequest == null) {
+    synchronized (this) {
+      cacheRequest = cache.get(cacheKey);  // double-checked locking
+      if (cacheRequest == null) {
+        cacheRequest = buildGetSubClustersCacheRequest(className, filterInactiveSubClusters);
+        cache.put(cacheKey, cacheRequest);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return buildSubClusterInfoMap(cacheRequest);
+}
+```
+
+Apply the same fix to `getPoliciesConfigurations` and `getApplicationHomeSubCluster` in both `FederationJCache` and `FederationCaffeineCache`.
diff --git a/defects/hibernate-orm/patch/hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001-query-interpretation-cache-stampede.md b/defects/hibernate-orm/patch/hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001-query-interpretation-cache-stampede.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16dd742b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defects/hibernate-orm/patch/hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001-query-interpretation-cache-stampede.md
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# UNDF: (pending)
+# hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001: QueryInterpretationCacheStandardImpl — cache stampede O(N) concurrent plan builds on cold start
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | hibernate-orm-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | hibernate-orm |
+| File | `hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/QueryInterpretationCacheStandardImpl.java` |
+| Lines | 81–103 (`resolveSelectQueryPlan`), 115–149 (`resolveHqlInterpretation`) |
+| Pattern | get → null check → compute → put (no lock, no computeIfAbsent) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent requests with same uncached query → N concurrent expensive plan builds |
+| Hot path | Per-query execution path: every `session.createQuery()` / `session.createMutationQuery()` call |
+| Compute cost | HQL → SQM AST translation + SQL query plan building (type resolution, join analysis, SQL generation strategy) |
+
+## Defect
+
+`QueryInterpretationCacheStandardImpl` is Hibernate ORM's query plan cache, used on every HQL/JPQL query execution. Two methods exhibit the classic check-then-act stampede pattern on the underlying `InternalCache` (`BoundedConcurrentHashMap`):
+
+### `resolveSelectQueryPlan` (lines 81–103)
+
+```java
+@Override
+public <K extends Key, R> SelectQueryPlan<R> resolveSelectQueryPlan(
+        K key,
+        Function<K, SelectQueryPlan<R>> creator) {
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    final var cached = (SelectQueryPlan<R>) queryPlanCache.get( key );   // 1. read
+    if ( cached != null ) {
+        return cached;                                                    // 2. hit
+    }
+
+    final var plan = creator.apply( key );                               // 3. expensive: SQL plan build
+    queryPlanCache.put( key.prepareForStore(), plan );                   // 4. write
+    return plan;
+}
+```
+
+`creator.apply(key)` calls `buildSelectQueryPlan()` → `QuerySplitter.split()` + `buildConcreteQueryPlan()` → `new ConcreteSqmSelectQueryPlan(...)`. This involves SQM polymorphism expansion, entity graph resolution, fetch strategy analysis, and SQL generation strategy computation.
+
+### `resolveHqlInterpretation` (lines 115–149)
+
+```java
+@Override
+public <R> HqlInterpretation<R> resolveHqlInterpretation(
+        String queryString,
+        Class<R> expectedResultType,
+        HqlTranslator translator) {
+    ...
+    final var existing = hqlInterpretationCache.get( cacheKey );         // 1. read
+    if ( existing != null ) {
+        return (HqlInterpretation<R>) existing;                          // 2. hit
+    }
+    // optional second lookup for query-only key
+    final var hqlInterpretation =
+            createHqlInterpretation( queryString, expectedResultType, translator, statistics );  // 3. expensive
+    hqlInterpretationCache.put( cacheKey, hqlInterpretation );           // 4. write
+    return hqlInterpretation;
+}
+```
+
+`createHqlInterpretation()` calls `translator.translate(queryString, expectedResultType)` — full HQL lexing, parsing, AST construction, semantic analysis (type binding, relationship traversal, parameter extraction).
+
+### Inconsistency
+
+`resolveNativeQueryParameters` (line 192) in the *same class* correctly uses `computeIfAbsent`:
+
+```java
+return nativeQueryParamCache.computeIfAbsent( queryString, creator );
+```
+
+This confirms the fix was known but not applied consistently.
+
+## Stampede Scenario
+
+1. Application starts and first `N` concurrent HTTP requests all execute the same JPQL query (e.g. `SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.id = :id`).
+2. All N threads call `resolveHqlInterpretation` simultaneously.
+3. All N threads see a cache miss (step 1) — the cache is empty.
+4. All N threads enter `createHqlInterpretation` simultaneously.
+5. All N threads independently: lex and parse the HQL string, build an SQM AST, resolve entity types, extract parameters.
+6. All N writes race to `put` — result is the same but work was done N times.
+7. Under moderate load (N=50 threads, ~20 query types), 1000 duplicate plan builds execute before the cache warms.
+
+Same cascade applies after Hibernate's `queryPlanCacheMaxSize` evicts a plan (default 2048) — a popular query that gets evicted causes a burst of recomputes.
+
+## Fix
+
+Replace the get-null-compute-put triple with a single `computeIfAbsent` call, consistent with what `resolveNativeQueryParameters` already does.
+
+### `resolveSelectQueryPlan`
+
+```java
+@Override
+public <K extends Key, R> SelectQueryPlan<R> resolveSelectQueryPlan(
+        K key,
+        Function<K, SelectQueryPlan<R>> creator) {
+    LOG.tracef( "Resolving cached query plan for [%s]", key );
+    final var statistics = getStatistics();
+    final boolean statisticsEnabled = statistics.isStatisticsEnabled();
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    final var plan = (SelectQueryPlan<R>) queryPlanCache.computeIfAbsent(
+            key,
+            k -> {
+                if ( statisticsEnabled ) {
+                    statistics.queryPlanCacheMiss( k.getQueryString() );
+                }
+                return creator.apply( (K) k );
+            });
+
+    if ( statisticsEnabled && plan != null ) {
+        // hit was recorded if computeIfAbsent returned without calling the function
+        // (we cannot distinguish hit from miss here without a flag, but misses are counted inside)
+    }
+    return plan;
+}
+```
+
+Or simpler — use the existing `computeIfAbsent` interface on `InternalCache`:
+
+```java
+final var plan = (SelectQueryPlan<R>) queryPlanCache.computeIfAbsent(
+        key,
+        k -> creator.apply( (K) k ) );
+```
+
+### `resolveHqlInterpretation`
+
+```java
+@Override
+public <R> HqlInterpretation<R> resolveHqlInterpretation(
+        String queryString,
+        Class<R> expectedResultType,
+        HqlTranslator translator) {
+    final Object cacheKey = expectedResultType != null
+            ? new HqlInterpretationCacheKey( queryString, expectedResultType )
+            : queryString;
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    final var result = (HqlInterpretation<R>) hqlInterpretationCache.computeIfAbsent(
+            cacheKey,
+            k -> createHqlInterpretation( queryString, expectedResultType, translator, getStatistics() ) );
+    return result;
+}
+```
+
+Note: `InternalCache.computeIfAbsent` is already defined in the interface (line in `InternalCache.java`) and implemented in `LegacyInternalCacheImplementation` via `BoundedConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent`. The infrastructure is in place — only the call sites need updating.
+
+## Severity Rationale
+
+- **HIGH**: Called on every query execution, not just startup. Cache misses recur after eviction.
+- Compute cost: HQL parsing + type resolution is CPU-intensive and involves synchronization inside the HQL translator.
+- At N=100 concurrent requests on a cold start (k8s pod restart, cache eviction), 100 redundant plan builds stall the thread pool simultaneously — classic thundering herd causing cascading latency.
+- The fix requires changing two call sites to use the already-present `computeIfAbsent` API.
diff --git a/defects/kafka/patch/kafka-MOADX-0001-connect-cached-connectors-stampede.md b/defects/kafka/patch/kafka-MOADX-0001-connect-cached-connectors-stampede.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d418b5d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defects/kafka/patch/kafka-MOADX-0001-connect-cached-connectors-stampede.md
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# UNDF: (pending)
+# kafka-MOADX-0001: CachedConnectors.lookup — TOCTOU stampede on connector class loading
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | kafka-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | MEDIUM |
+| Ecosystem | Apache Kafka Connect |
+| File | `connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/CachedConnectors.java` lines 57–73 |
+| Cache type | Connector class instance cache (connector name + version → Connector object) |
+| Pattern | containsKey+get (non-atomic) → null check → plugins.newConnector() (classloader scan + instantiation) → put (unsynchronized) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent connector-start requests for the same connector type all fail the containsKey check → N classloader scans and instantiations |
+| Hot path | `WorkerConnector.start()` and `Worker.startConnector()` — called once per connector instance startup |
+
+## Defect
+
+`CachedConnectors.lookup` performs a check-then-act that is not atomic, allowing multiple threads to all miss the cache for the same (connectorName, version) key simultaneously:
+
+```java
+private Connector lookup(String connectorName, VersionRange range) {
+    String version = range == null ? LATEST_VERSION : range.toString();
+    // TOCTOU: containsKey + get is not atomic — another thread can insert between these two calls
+    if (connectors.containsKey(connectorName) && connectors.get(connectorName).containsKey(version)) {
+        return connectors.get(connectorName).get(version);   // (1) all N threads: miss (concurrent startup)
+    }
+
+    try {
+        Connector connector = plugins.newConnector(connectorName, range);  // (2) N×classloader scan + instantiation
+        connectors.computeIfAbsent(connectorName, k -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>()).put(version, connector);  // (3) N puts
+        return connector;
+    } catch (VersionedPluginLoadingException e) {
+        invalidVersions.computeIfAbsent(connectorName, k -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>()).put(version, e);
+        throw e;
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        invalidConnectors.put(connectorName, e);
+        throw e;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### What `plugins.newConnector` does
+
+`plugins.newConnector(connectorName, range)` calls `pluginLoader(classOrAlias, range, sourceLoader).loadClass(classOrAlias)` which:
+1. Scans all plugin sources for the connector class (classpath scan if using reflective discovery)
+2. Creates an isolated classloader (`DelegatingClassLoader`) for the plugin
+3. Instantiates the connector via reflection
+
+This is CPU-intensive (classpath scan can take 10–500ms depending on plugin count) and involves `synchronized` blocks inside the JVM class loading machinery. Under concurrent load, multiple threads competing for the same class create contention inside `ClassLoader.loadClass`.
+
+### Scenario
+
+A Kafka Connect cluster running in distributed mode adds a new connector with 100 tasks. All 100 task startup requests arrive at the `Worker` simultaneously. Each calls `getConnector(connectorName, null)` → `lookup()`. All 100 threads fail the `containsKey` check and all fire `plugins.newConnector()`. The JVM class loading lock then serializes them, but the outer scan work is duplicated 100×.
+
+### Note on outer `connectors` map
+
+`connectors` is a `ConcurrentHashMap<String, Map<String, Connector>>` but the inner map is a freshly created `ConcurrentHashMap` added via `computeIfAbsent`. The race is: thread A checks `containsKey`, thread B also checks `containsKey` (both miss), both call `newConnector`, both try to `computeIfAbsent` the inner map and `put`. Both complete — correctness is preserved but the redundant class loading is wasteful.
+
+## Impact
+
+- On startup with many connector tasks: N redundant classloader scans and instantiations
+- JVM class loading lock contention under the concurrent instantiation attempts
+- Connector plugins that have expensive `init()` or static initializers run N times
+- MEDIUM severity because this is not a per-request hot path — it happens at connector start only, not per-message
+
+## Fix
+
+Use `computeIfAbsent` directly to make the check-and-insert atomic:
+
+```java
+private Connector lookup(String connectorName, VersionRange range) {
+    String version = range == null ? LATEST_VERSION : range.toString();
+    // Atomic: computeIfAbsent ensures loader is called exactly once per (name, version) pair
+    Map<String, Connector> versionMap = connectors.computeIfAbsent(
+        connectorName, k -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
+    return versionMap.computeIfAbsent(version, v -> {
+        try {
+            return plugins.newConnector(connectorName, range);
+        } catch (VersionedPluginLoadingException e) {
+            invalidVersions.computeIfAbsent(connectorName, k -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>()).put(version, e);
+            throw e;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            invalidConnectors.put(connectorName, e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    });
+}
+```
+
+Note: `computeIfAbsent` on `ConcurrentHashMap` guarantees the mapping function is called at most once per key per miss (per the Java 8+ specification). This eliminates both the redundant instantiation and the TOCTOU window.
+
+The error-caching paths (`invalidConnectors`, `invalidVersions`) should similarly be guarded, but errors are less likely to be concurrent.
diff --git a/defects/spring/patch/spring-MOADX-0001-fallback-cache-operation-source-stampede.md b/defects/spring/patch/spring-MOADX-0001-fallback-cache-operation-source-stampede.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b0c2f883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defects/spring/patch/spring-MOADX-0001-fallback-cache-operation-source-stampede.md
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# UNDF: (pending)
+# spring-MOADX-0001: AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource — cache stampede O(N) concurrent annotation scans on cold start
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | spring-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | MEDIUM |
+| Ecosystem | spring-framework |
+| File 1 | `spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource.java` |
+| File 2 | `spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/interceptor/AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource.java` |
+| Lines | 95–121 (standard), 67–91 (JCache) |
+| Pattern | ConcurrentHashMap.get → null check → reflection scan → ConcurrentHashMap.put |
+| Trigger | N concurrent requests to same `@Cacheable`-annotated method before cache warms → N concurrent annotation reflection scans |
+| Hot path | Every `@Cacheable` / `@CacheResult` method invocation before the operation metadata is cached |
+| Compute cost | Java reflection: `AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod`, method/class annotation traversal, proxy unwrapping |
+
+## Defect
+
+`AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource` is the core metadata resolver for Spring's `@Cacheable`, `@CachePut`, and `@CacheEvict` annotations. It caches the resolved `CacheOperation` collection in a `ConcurrentHashMap`, but uses a non-atomic get-null-compute-put pattern:
+
+```java
+// AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource.java:95–121
+private @Nullable Collection<CacheOperation> getCacheOperations(
+        Method method, @Nullable Class<?> targetClass, boolean cacheNull) {
+
+    if (ReflectionUtils.isObjectMethod(method)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    Object cacheKey = getCacheKey(method, targetClass);
+    Collection<CacheOperation> cached = this.operationCache.get(cacheKey);   // 1. read
+
+    if (cached != null) {
+        return (cached != NULL_CACHING_MARKER ? cached : null);              // 2. hit
+    }
+    else {
+        Collection<CacheOperation> cacheOps = computeCacheOperations(method, targetClass); // 3. compute
+        if (cacheOps != null) {
+            this.operationCache.put(cacheKey, cacheOps);                     // 4. write
+        }
+        else if (cacheNull) {
+            this.operationCache.put(cacheKey, NULL_CACHING_MARKER);
+        }
+        return cacheOps;
+    }
+}
+```
+
+`computeCacheOperations` resolves the most-specific method (proxy unwrapping), then walks the method and declaring class for cache annotations — up to 4 reflection calls:
+
+```java
+private @Nullable Collection<CacheOperation> computeCacheOperations(Method method, @Nullable Class<?> targetClass) {
+    Method specificMethod = AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass);  // proxy unwrap + class hierarchy
+    Collection<CacheOperation> opDef = findCacheOperations(specificMethod);       // method annotation scan
+    if (opDef != null) return opDef;
+    opDef = findCacheOperations(specificMethod.getDeclaringClass());              // class annotation scan
+    if (opDef != null && ClassUtils.isUserLevelMethod(method)) return opDef;
+    if (specificMethod != method) {
+        opDef = findCacheOperations(method);                                      // original method scan
+        if (opDef != null) return opDef;
+        opDef = findCacheOperations(method.getDeclaringClass());                  // original class scan
+        if (opDef != null && ClassUtils.isUserLevelMethod(method)) return opDef;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+```
+
+The identical pattern exists in `AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource.getCacheOperation` for `@CacheResult`/`@CachePut`/`@CacheRemove` annotations (lines 67–91).
+
+## Stampede Scenario
+
+1. Application receives `N` concurrent requests to the same `@Cacheable`-annotated method (e.g., a REST endpoint called on startup health check or during load test ramp-up).
+2. The `operationCache` is empty (cold start, or first invocation after context refresh).
+3. All N threads call `getCacheOperations` simultaneously.
+4. All N threads get a cache miss (step 1).
+5. All N threads independently call `computeCacheOperations`: proxy unwrapping, annotation scanning.
+6. All N threads race to `put` the same result — identical values, redundant work.
+
+In a large Spring application with many `@Cacheable` beans, concurrent startup traffic forces redundant annotation scans across hundreds of method-class pairs simultaneously. This delays initial response times and causes contention in the reflection infrastructure.
+
+## Fix
+
+Replace get-null-compute-put with `computeIfAbsent`. The `ConcurrentHashMap` already supports this atomically:
+
+### Standard cache annotation source
+
+```java
+// AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource.java
+private @Nullable Collection<CacheOperation> getCacheOperations(
+        Method method, @Nullable Class<?> targetClass, boolean cacheNull) {
+
+    if (ReflectionUtils.isObjectMethod(method)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    Object cacheKey = getCacheKey(method, targetClass);
+    // computeIfAbsent is atomic: only one thread computes, others wait for the result
+    Object cached = this.operationCache.computeIfAbsent(cacheKey, k -> {
+        Collection<CacheOperation> ops = computeCacheOperations(method, targetClass);
+        return (ops != null) ? ops : (cacheNull ? NULL_CACHING_MARKER : null);
+    });
+
+    if (cached == null) {
+        return null;  // cacheNull was false and no operation found
+    }
+    return (cached != NULL_CACHING_MARKER ? (Collection<CacheOperation>) cached : null);
+}
+```
+
+Note: `ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent` does not accept null return values; the `NULL_CACHING_MARKER` sentinel handles the "no annotation" case correctly.
+
+### JCache annotation source
+
+Same fix applies to `AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource.getCacheOperation`:
+
+```java
+private @Nullable JCacheOperation<?> getCacheOperation(Method method, @Nullable Class<?> targetClass, boolean cacheNull) {
+    if (ReflectionUtils.isObjectMethod(method)) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    MethodClassKey cacheKey = new MethodClassKey(method, targetClass);
+    Object cached = this.operationCache.computeIfAbsent(cacheKey, k -> {
+        JCacheOperation<?> op = computeCacheOperation(method, targetClass);
+        return (op != null) ? op : (cacheNull ? NULL_CACHING_MARKER : null);
+    });
+    if (cached == null) return null;
+    return (cached != NULL_CACHING_MARKER ? (JCacheOperation<?>) cached : null);
+}
+```
+
+## Severity Rationale
+
+- **MEDIUM**: The compute cost (annotation reflection) is lower than I/O or SQL plan building, but reflection is synchronized on the JVM class object and can serialize under high parallelism.
+- Triggered on every cold start or after Spring context refresh — affects all `@Cacheable`-heavy applications.
+- At N=200 concurrent startup requests across 50 annotated methods, 10,000 redundant annotation scans execute before the cache warms. Each scan acquires internal JVM locks.
+- The fix is a one-line change per method — `computeIfAbsent` is already present on the `ConcurrentHashMap` backing the `operationCache`.
diff --git a/defects/traefik/patch/traefik-MOADX-0001-cname-flatten-cache-stampede.md b/defects/traefik/patch/traefik-MOADX-0001-cname-flatten-cache-stampede.md
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+# UNDF: (pending)
+# traefik-MOADX-0001: CNAMEFlatten — cache stampede + data race O(N) concurrent DNS lookups
+
+## MOAD-0006 Candidate — The Thundering Herd
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| ID | traefik-MOADX-0001 |
+| Severity | HIGH |
+| Ecosystem | Traefik |
+| Language | Go |
+| File | `pkg/middlewares/requestdecorator/hostresolver.go` |
+| Lines | 37–75 |
+| Pattern | get → miss → expensive DNS lookup → set (no singleflight, no mutex) |
+| Trigger | N concurrent goroutines all hit same hostname with cold/expired cache |
+| Compute cost | Full CNAME-chain DNS resolution via `cnameResolve()` with 30-second timeout per DNS server |
+
+## Defect
+
+`CNAMEFlatten` is called by `RequestDecorator.ServeHTTP` on every inbound HTTP request in the entrypoint's handler chain. The `Resolver` struct is a single instance shared across all goroutines for that entrypoint (created once in `NewTCPEntryPoint`, passed to `requestdecorator.New`).
+
+**Race 1 — lazy cache init data race:**
+
+```go
+// pkg/middlewares/requestdecorator/hostresolver.go:38-39
+func (hr *Resolver) CNAMEFlatten(ctx context.Context, host string) string {
+    if hr.cache == nil {
+        hr.cache = cache.New(30*time.Minute, 5*time.Minute)  // DATA RACE
+    }
+    // ...
+}
+```
+
+Multiple goroutines read `hr.cache == nil` simultaneously, then all write `hr.cache = ...`. Go's race detector flags this immediately. The `*cache.Cache` pointer is written without any synchronization.
+
+**Race 2 — cache stampede on miss:**
+
+```go
+// pkg/middlewares/requestdecorator/hostresolver.go:50-68
+value, found := hr.cache.Get(host)   // thread-safe individually
+if found {
+    return value.(string)
+}
+
+// NO LOCK OR SINGLEFLIGHT AROUND THIS BLOCK:
+for depth := range hr.ResolvDepth {
+    resolv, err := cnameResolve(ctx, request, hr.ResolvConfig) // expensive DNS call
+    // ...
+}
+
+hr.cache.Set(host, result, cacheDuration)  // thread-safe individually
+```
+
+`go-cache`'s `Get` and `Set` are individually mutex-protected, but the check-then-compute-then-set sequence is not atomic. When N goroutines all request the same hostname simultaneously on a cold or expired cache entry, all N pass the `found == false` check and all N execute `cnameResolve()` in parallel — each doing up to `ResolvDepth` DNS round-trips (each with 30-second timeouts).
+
+**Grower signal:** Works fine at low traffic. Under a traffic spike to a new backend hostname, or when the 30-minute TTL expires on a popular hostname, all concurrent requests trigger DNS lookups simultaneously. With `ResolvDepth=5` (default) and N=1000 concurrent goroutines, this is 5000 concurrent DNS UDP/TCP connections.
+
+## Fix
+
+**Option A — `singleflight.Group` (preferred, matches Traefik's existing pattern):**
+
+```go
+import "golang.org/x/sync/singleflight"
+
+type Resolver struct {
+    CnameFlattening bool
+    ResolvConfig    string
+    ResolvDepth     int
+    cache           *cache.Cache
+    cacheOnce       sync.Once
+    group           singleflight.Group
+}
+
+func (hr *Resolver) CNAMEFlatten(ctx context.Context, host string) string {
+    hr.cacheOnce.Do(func() {
+        hr.cache = cache.New(30*time.Minute, 5*time.Minute)
+    })
+
+    if value, found := hr.cache.Get(host); found {
+        return value.(string)
+    }
+
+    result, _, _ := hr.group.Do(host, func() (any, error) {
+        // Only one goroutine resolves; others wait and share the result.
+        res := host
+        req := host
+        cacheDuration := 0 * time.Second
+        for depth := range hr.ResolvDepth {
+            resolv, err := cnameResolve(ctx, req, hr.ResolvConfig)
+            if err != nil || resolv == nil {
+                break
+            }
+            res = resolv.Record
+            if depth == 0 {
+                cacheDuration = resolv.TTL
+            }
+            req = resolv.Record
+        }
+        hr.cache.Set(host, res, cacheDuration)
+        return res, nil
+    })
+    return result.(string)
+}
+```
+
+**Option B — `sync.Once` for init + `sync.Map` as cache:**
+
+Replace `*cache.Cache` with `sync.Map` and use a per-key `singleflight.Group`. Traefik already uses `singleflight` in `basic_auth.go` (line 118) and `healthcheck.go` — the pattern is established in the codebase.
+
+## Impact
+
+- **Data race:** Go runtime will panic under `-race` flag; undefined behavior in production (cache pointer torn write).
+- **Stampede:** N×ResolvDepth DNS connections on cache miss. At N=1000 goroutines with ResolvDepth=5, a single cache expiry produces 5000 DNS queries from one Traefik instance. DNS resolver exhaustion, connection table blowup, upstream SERVFAIL cascade.
+- **Fix speedup:** After fix, cache miss costs 1 DNS lookup regardless of concurrent request count.