What is CVE-2022-34917?

CVE-2022-34917 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Kafka, classified under CWE-789. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-34917?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Apache Kafka

CVE-2022-34917

A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers. This can lead to brokers hitting…

EPSS: 0.013 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Kafka
Apache Software Foundation Kafka — versions Apache Kafka 2.8.0 2.8.0 , Apache Kafka 2.8.1 2.8.1, Apache Kafka 3.0.0 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-789
CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security@apache.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34917?: CVE-2022-34917 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Kafka, classified under CWE-789. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-34917?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.