What is CVE-2024-28098?

CVE-2024-28098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pulsar, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-28098?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Apache Pulsar

CVE-2024-28098

The vulnerability allows authenticated users with only produce or consume permissions to modify topic-level policies, such as retention, TTL, and offloading settings. These management operations should be restricted to users with the tenant admin role or super user role. This issue affects Apache Pulsar versions from 2.7.1 to 2.10.5, from 2.11.0 to 2.11.3, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2, and 3.2.0. 2.10 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.10.6. 2.11 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.11.4. 3.0 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.0.3. 3.1 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.1.3. 3.2 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.2.1. Users operating versions prior to those listed above should upgrade to the aforementioned patched versions or newer versions.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2024-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Pulsar — versions 3.2.0
Apache Software Foundation Pulsar — versions 2.7.1, 2.11.0, 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

lists.apache.org/thread/3m6923y3wxpdcs9346sjvt8ql9swqc2z (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
pulsar.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-28098/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/12 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28098?: CVE-2024-28098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pulsar, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-28098?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.