MEDIUM
kafka: Users can perform Broker actions via crafted fetch requests, interfering with data replication and causing data lass
Published Jul 26, 2018
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.80%
Description
In 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 via a manually created fetch request interfering with data replication, resulting in data loss.
Affected products
-
- Version 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0.9.0.0 to 0.9.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 1.0.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Kafka | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 1.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 11.2.0.4
- 12.1.0.2
- 12.2.0.1
- 18c
- 19c
- ≥ 19.12.0.0 · ≤ 19.12.6.0
- < 18.1.2.1.0
No data.
Red Hat Fuse 7.2
kafka
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3768
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
kafka
Not affected
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
kafka
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
kafka
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7.2 | kafka | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3768 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes | kafka | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
5.4 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low
5.4 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low
5.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.80% 0.04801
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04801
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (25 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.80% (0.04801) | 91.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.80% (0.04801) | 90.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 74.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.24% (0.12241) | 89.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 74.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 12.24% (0.12241) | 92.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 74.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 12.24% (0.12241) | 92.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 74.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 39.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 37.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00104) | 41.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00179) | 55.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00172) | 54.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 45.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00127) | 45.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00181) | 53.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.54% (0.02537) | 81.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.54% (0.02537) | 80.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.54% (0.02537) | 58.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 82.54th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 82.37th | v1 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 90.13th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.98% (0.05976) | 89.53th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.98% (0.05976) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (22)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104900 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1288 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1611059 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh27-38p5-mrxc Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29f61337323f48c47d4b41d74b9e452bd60e65d0e5103af9a6bb2fef%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29f61337323f48c47d4b41d74b9e452bd60e65d0e5103af9a6bb2fef@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d1581fb6464c9bec8a72575c01f5097d68e2fbb230aff24622622a58%40%3Ccommits.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d1581fb6464c9bec8a72575c01f5097d68e2fbb230aff24622622a58@%3Ccommits.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r07e1bbd1643847d599feb34c707906a4fdcc81e3a6ab01a10c451d40%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r07e1bbd1643847d599feb34c707906a4fdcc81e3a6ab01a10c451d40@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r35322aec467ddae34002690edaa4d9f16e7df9b5bf7164869b75b62c%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r35322aec467ddae34002690edaa4d9f16e7df9b5bf7164869b75b62c@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1288
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1288
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published Jul 26, 2018
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Dec 7, 2017
Link CVE-2018-1288
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-GH27-38P5-MRXC Updated n/a