CVE-2026-116593 (GCVE-0-2026-116593)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-28 16:46 – Updated: 2026-10-28 20:07
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Title
Apache Kafka: Kafka Connect configuration provider values exposed via validation REST API endpoint
Summary
Apache Kafka Connect has the /connector-plugins/{connector-type}/config/validate endpoint on its REST API to validate connector configurations. Apache Kafka Connect also support Configuration Providers which enable to hide the values of sensitive configuration and only resolve them at runtime.  An attacker with access to the validate endpoint can use it to resolve and return plaintext values via any of the configuration providers installed on a Connect worker. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.2.2, 4.3.2, 4.4.0 or above, which fix this issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1090 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka Affected: 2.4.0 , < 4.2.2 (semver)
Affected: 4.3.0 , < 4.3.2 (semver)
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Credits
Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com> Sudhanshu Chauhan <sudhanshu@redhuntlabs.com>, RedHunt Labs Bartłomiej Dmitruk <bartek@striga.ai>, Striga Andrew MacPherson <andrew@andrewmohawk.com> Mickael Maison <mickael.maison@gmail.com>
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