CVE-2022-33682

MEDIUM

Apache Pulsar 2.6.4 and earlier, 2.7.0-2.7.4, 2.8.0-2.8.3, 2.9.0-2.9.2, 2.10.0 - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

TLS hostname verification cannot be enabled in the Pulsar Broker's Java Client, the Pulsar Broker's Java Admin Client, the Pulsar WebSocket Proxy's Java Client, and the Pulsar Proxy's Admin Client leaving intra-cluster connections and geo-replication connections vulnerable to man in the middle attacks, which could leak credentials, configuration data, message data, and any other data sent by these clients. The vulnerability is for both the pulsar+ssl protocol and HTTPS. An attacker can only take advantage of this vulnerability by taking control of a machine 'between' the client and the server. The attacker must then actively manipulate traffic to perform the attack by providing the client with a cryptographically valid certificate for an unrelated host. This issue affects Apache Pulsar Broker, Proxy, and WebSocket Proxy versions 2.7.0 to 2.7.4; 2.8.0 to 2.8.3; 2.9.0 to 2.9.2; 2.10.0; 2.6.4 and earlier.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.apache.org/thread/l0ynfl161qghwfcgbbl8ld9hzbl9t3yx

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-295
Status published
Products (4)
apache/pulsar 2.10.0
apache/pulsar < 2.7.5
org.apache.pulsar/pulsar-broker 0 - 2.7.5Maven
org.apache.pulsar/pulsar-proxy 0 - 2.7.5Maven
Published Sep 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026