HIGH
kafka: potential to bypass transaction/idempotent ACL checks
Published Jul 11, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.48%
Description
In 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. Only authenticated clients with Write permission on the respective topics are able to exploit this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to 2.1.1 or later where this vulnerability has been fixed.
Affected products
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- Version 0.11.0.0 to 2.1.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Fuse 7
kafka
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
kafka
Not affected
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
kafka
Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
kafka
Not affected
streams for Apache Kafka
kafka
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | kafka | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
| streams for Apache Kafka | kafka | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.48% 0.05479
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05479
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05479) | 92.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05479) | 91.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00232) | 45.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 1.34% (0.01336) | 78.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00183) | 37.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 48.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 46.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00104) | 42.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00114) | 43.23th | 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 | 7.09% (0.07095) | 83.78th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.09% (0.07095) | 83.63th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 7.09% (0.07095) | 91.31th | v1 |
| Jul 4, 2021 | 7.09% (0.07095) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 6.54% (0.06539) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (23)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17196 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732309 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-47w3-66wq-cpxg Advisory
- 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/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8890b8f18f1de821595792b58b968a89692a255bc20d86d395270740%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8890b8f18f1de821595792b58b968a89692a255bc20d86d395270740@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc27d424d0bdeaf31081c3e246db3c66e882243ae3f342dfa845e0261%40%3Ccommits.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc27d424d0bdeaf31081c3e246db3c66e882243ae3f342dfa845e0261@%3Ccommits.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17196
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17196
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40kafka.apache.org/msg99277.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@kafka.apache.org/msg99277.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISC
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published Jul 11, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Sep 19, 2018
Link CVE-2018-17196
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-47W3-66WQ-CPXG Updated n/a