CVE-2022-33682

Severity
5.9MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 23
Latest updateSep 25

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Mavenorg.apache.pulsar:pulsar-proxy2.8.02.8.4+3
Mavenorg.apache.pulsar:pulsar-broker2.8.02.8.4+3
NVDapache/pulsar2.8.02.8.4+3
CVEListV5apache_software_foundation/apache_pulsar2.72.7.4+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Apache Pulsar Broker, Proxy, and WebSocket Proxy vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation2022-09-25
OSV
Apache Pulsar Broker, Proxy, and WebSocket Proxy vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation2022-09-25
CVEList
Disabled Hostname Verification makes Brokers, Proxies vulnerable to MITM attack2022-09-23