Vulnerability in Apache Kafka

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. Only authenticated clients with Write permission on the respective topics are abl…

EPSS: 0.002 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17196?
CVE-2018-17196 is a vulnerability in Apache Kafka. Published 2019-07-11.
Is CVE-2018-17196 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.