CVE-2018-17196

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Apache Kafka
Timeline
PublishedJul 11
Latest updateMay 24

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Mavenorg.apache.kafka:kafka0.11.0.0 — 2.1.1
▶NVDapache/kafka0.11.0.0 — 2.1.0
▶CVEListV5apache/kafka0.11.0.0 to 2.1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Improper Input Validation in Apache Kafka↗2022-05-24
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GHSA
Improper Input Validation in Apache Kafka↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2018-17196: In Apache Kafka versions between 0↗2019-07-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Construction and Engineering Risk Matrix: Core (Apache Kafka) — CVE-2018-17196↗2020-10-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Construction and Engineering Risk Matrix: Web Access (kafka client) — CVE-2018-17196↗2020-07-15
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Red Hat
kafka: potential to bypass transaction/idempotent ACL checks↗2019-07-11
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17196 kafka: potential to bypass transaction/idempotent ACL checks↗2019-07-23
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CVE-2018-17196 (HIGH CVSS 8.8) | In Apache Kafka versions between 0. | cvebase.io