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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-17196

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 5.48%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.48% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
apache/kafka
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.