QID 378053

Date Published: 2023-04-18

QID 378053: Apache Kafka Remote Code Execution (RCE) and Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka Connect. This requires access to a Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, which has been possible on Kafka Connect clusters since Apache Kafka 2.3.0. This will allow to perform JNDI requests that result in Denial of service/remote code execution.

Affected Versions:
Apache Kafka versions 2.3.0 - 3.3.2

QID Detection Logic:
The qid detects install location of Kafka through running processes and checks for the installed version.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in remote code execution and denial of service.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to Apache Kafka 3.4.0 or later. For more information please visit Apache Kafka Downloads page.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 378053

    CVE-2023-25194 |
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