Vulnerability in Apache Kafka

CVE-2020-27218

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.4.0.RC0 to 9.4.34.v20201102, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.0.beta2, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.0.beta2, if GZIP request body inflation is enabled and requests from different clients are multiplexed onto a single connectio…

EPSS: 0.081 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27218?
CVE-2020-27218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Kafka, classified under Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-27218?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-27218 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.