CVE-2018-17196

HIGH

Apache Kafka 0.11.0.0-2.1.0 - Authenticated ACL Bypass via Crafted Produce Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Apache Kafka versions between 0.11.0.0 and 2.1.0, it is possible to manually craft a Produce request which bypasses transaction/idempotent ACL validation. Only authenticated clients with Write permission on the respective topics are able to exploit this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to 2.1.1 or later where this vulnerability has been fixed.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109139

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
apache/kafka 0.11.0.0 - 2.1.0
org.apache.kafka/kafka 0.11.0.0 - 2.1.1Maven
Published Jul 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026