What is CVE-2023-27716?

CVE-2023-27716 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kafkaui-Lite Project, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-27716?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Kafkaui-Lite Project

CVE-2023-27716

An issue was discovered in freakchicken kafkaUI-lite 1.2.11 allows attackers on the same network to gain escalated privileges for the nodes running on it.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-06-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Kafkaui-Lite Project — versions 1.2.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

github.com/G-H-Z/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2023-27716 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27716?: CVE-2023-27716 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kafkaui-Lite Project, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-27716?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.