CVE-2021-41571

MEDIUM

Apache Pulsar < 2.6.4 - Incorrect Authorization in Admin API get-message-by-id

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Apache Pulsar it is possible to access data from BookKeeper that does not belong to the topics accessible by the authenticated user. The Admin API get-message-by-id requires the user to input a topic and a ledger id. The ledger id is a pointer to the data, and it is supposed to be a valid it for the topic. Authorisation controls are performed against the topic name and there is not proper validation the that ledger id is valid in the context of such ledger. So it may happen that the user is able to read from a ledger that contains data owned by another tenant. This issue affects Apache Pulsar Apache Pulsar version 2.8.0 and prior versions; Apache Pulsar version 2.7.3 and prior versions; Apache Pulsar version 2.6.4 and prior versions.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/11814
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.apache.org/thread/8n3k7pvyh4cf9q2jfzb6pb32ync6xlvr

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 77.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (3)
apache/pulsar 2.8.0
apache/pulsar 2.6.0 - 2.6.4
org.apache.pulsar/pulsar 0Maven
Published Feb 01, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026