CVE-2022-34917
Unauthenticated clients may cause OutOfMemoryError on Apache Kafka Brokers
Description
A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers. This can lead to brokers hitting OutOfMemoryException and causing denial of service. Example scenarios: - Kafka cluster without authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with SASL authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker, without the need for valid SASL credentials, can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with TLS authentication: Only clients able to successfully authenticate via TLS can trigger the issue. We advise the users to upgrade the Kafka installations to one of the 3.2.3, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, 2.8.2 versions.
How to fix CVE-2022-34917
To remediate CVE-2022-34917, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.8.2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8.2 or later
Is CVE-2022-34917 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.2, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.2, >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.2, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.3
- >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |