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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-8285

When establishing the connection with the upstream Kafka server using a TLS secured connection, Kroxylicious fails to properly verify the server's hostname, resulting in an insecure connection.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.38%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in Kroxylicious. When establishing the connection with the upstream Kafka server using a TLS secured connection, Kroxylicious fails to properly verify the server's hostname, resulting in an insecure connection. For a successful attack to be performed, the attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack or compromise any external systems, such as DNS or network routing configuration. This issue is considered a high complexity attack, with additional high privileges required, as the attack would need access to the Kroxylicious configuration or a peer system. The result of a successful attack impacts both data integrity and confidentiality.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.38% probability · 31th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-297, CWE-295
Affected
redhat/kroxylicious
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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