Apache Kafka

16 CVEs affecting Apache Kafka. Latest disclosed: 2026-06-02. Critical: 1, High: 7.

Top CVEs affecting Apache Kafka
CVESeverityScorePublishedSummary
CVE-2026-33557Critical9.12026-04-20A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. By default, the broker property `sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.validator.class` is set to `org.a…
CVE-2025-27818High8.82025-06-10A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker…
CVE-2018-17196High8.82019-07-11In Apache Kafka versions between 0.11.0.0 and 2.1.0, it is possible to manually craft a Produce request which bypasses transaction/idempotent ACL validation. O…
CVE-2025-27819High7.52025-06-10In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect A…
CVE-2025-27817High7.52025-06-10A possible arbitrary file read and SSRF vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka Client. Apache Kafka Clients accept configuration data for setting th…
CVE-2022-34917High7.52022-09-20A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients t…
CVE-2019-12399High7.52020-01-14When Connect workers in Apache Kafka 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, or 2.3.0 are configured with one or more config providers, and a connector is cr…
CVE-2024-27309High7.42024-04-12While an Apache Kafka cluster is being migrated from ZooKeeper mode to KRaft mode, in some cases ACLs will not be correctly enforced. Two preconditions are ne…
CVE-2017-12610Medium6.82018-07-26In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with S…
CVE-2024-31141Medium6.52024-11-19Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties, Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Kafka Clients. Apache Kafka Clients accept configur…
CVE-2021-38153Medium5.92021-09-22Some components in Apache Kafka use `Arrays.equals` to validate a password or key, which is vulnerable to timing attacks that make brute force attacks for such…
CVE-2018-1288Medium5.42018-07-26In Apache Kafka 0.9.0.0 to 0.9.0.1, 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1, 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.2, and 1.0.0, authenticated Kafka users may perform action reserved for the Broker…
CVE-2026-33558Medium5.32026-04-20Information exposure vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. The NetworkClient component will output entire requests and responses information in t…
CVE-2024-56128Medium5.32024-12-18Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm in Apache Kafka's SCRAM implementation. Issue Summary: Apache Kafka's implementation of the Salted Challe…
CVE-2020-27218Medium4.82020-11-28In 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 ena…
CVE-2026-41115Medium4.32026-06-02An improper authorization vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. The implementation of the CONSUMER_GROUP_DESCRIBE (69) API validates the DESCRIBE…