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CVE-2026-5562

A vulnerability was identified in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.58%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A vulnerability was identified in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. This impacts the function validateAccess of the file /api/smartfilters/testexecutions of the component Endpoint. The manipulation leads to code injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS 4.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
2.58% probability · 85th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-74, CWE-94
Affected
provectus/ui
Source
cna@vuldb.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%24 September 2026: 3.35%26 October 2026: 2.58%24 September 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 3.4% on 24 September 2026 to 2.6% on 26 October 2026.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.