Vulnerability in Red Hat Streams For Apache Kafka

CVE-2024-8285

A flaw was found in Kroxylicious. When establishing the connection with the upstream Kafka server using a TLS secured connection, Kroxylicious fails to properly verify the server's hostname, resulting in an insecure connection. For a successful attack to be performed, the attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack or compromise any external systems, such as DNS or network routing configuration. This issue is considered a high complexity attack, with additional high privileges required, as the attack would need access to the Kroxylicious configuration or a peer system. The result of a successful attack impacts both data integrity and confidentiality.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8285?
CVE-2024-8285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Streams For Apache Kafka, classified under Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-8285?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.