CVE-2017-12610
Improper Authentication in Apache Kafka
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.0%
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 3.0%, 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 |
References (7)
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12610
- WEBwww.securityfocus.com/bid/104899
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E