CVE-2024-36543 (GCVE-0-2024-36543)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-17 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:31
VLAI
Summary
Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in the STRIMZI Project 0.41.0 and earlier allows an attacker to deny the service for Kafka Mirroring, potentially mirror the topics' content to his Kafka cluster via a malicious connector (bypassing Kafka ACL if it exists), and potentially steal Kafka SASL credentials, by querying the MirrorMaker Kafka REST API.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
strimza_project kafka_connect_rest_api Affected: 0 , < 0.41.0 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:strimza_project:kafka_connect_rest_api:0.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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