CVE-2017-12610
Improper Authentication in Apache Kafka
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
Description
In 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 SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.
How to fix CVE-2017-12610
To remediate CVE-2017-12610, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.10.2.2 or later
Is CVE-2017-12610 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 0.10.0.0, < 0.10.2.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |