FKIE_CVE-2026-41081

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-27 14:16 - Updated: 2026-10-26 22:10
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm Versions Affected: up to 2.8.7 Description: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. The underlying SSLPeerUnverifiedException is caught and suppressed rather than rejecting the connection. This fail-open behavior means an unauthenticated client can establish a TLS connection and receive a valid principal identity. If the configured authorizer (e.g., SimpleACLAuthorizer) does not explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS, this may result in unauthorized access to Storm services. The condition is logged at debug level only, reducing visibility in production. Impact: Unauthenticated clients may be assigned a principal identity, potentially bypassing authorization in permissive or misconfigured environments. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to 2.8.7 in which TLS authentication failures are handled in a fail-closed manner. Users who cannot upgrade immediately should: - Enable mandatory client certificate authentication (nimbus.thrift.tls.client.auth.required: true) - Ensure authorization rules explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS - Review all ACL configurations for implicit default-allow behavior
References
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/plxx5l29dvplk5rwzdcq53rdfl6v4gs8Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/25/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache storm *
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      "value": "Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm\n\nVersions Affected: up to 2.8.7\n\nDescription: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. The underlying SSLPeerUnverifiedException is caught and suppressed rather than rejecting the connection.\n\nThis fail-open behavior means an unauthenticated client can establish a TLS connection and receive a valid principal identity. If the configured authorizer (e.g., SimpleACLAuthorizer) does not explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS, this may result in unauthorized access to Storm services. The condition is logged at debug level only, reducing visibility in production.\n\nImpact: Unauthenticated clients may be assigned a principal identity, potentially bypassing authorization in permissive or misconfigured environments.\n\nMitigation: Users should upgrade to 2.8.7 in which TLS authentication failures are handled in a fail-closed manner.\n\nUsers who cannot upgrade immediately should:\n- Enable mandatory client certificate authentication (nimbus.thrift.tls.client.auth.required: true)\n- Ensure authorization rules explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS\n- Review all ACL configurations for implicit default-allow behavior"
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      "value": "Manejo Inadecuado de Fallas en la Autenticaci\u00f3n de Cliente TLS que Conduce a la Asignaci\u00f3n de un Principal An\u00f3nimo en Apache Storm\n\nVersiones Afectadas: hasta la 2.8.7\n\nDescripci\u00f3n: Cuando el transporte TLS est\u00e1 habilitado en Apache Storm sin requerir autenticaci\u00f3n de certificado de cliente (la configuraci\u00f3n predeterminada), el TlsTransportPlugin asigna un principal de respaldo (CN=ANONYMOUS) si no se presenta ning\u00fan certificado de cliente o si la verificaci\u00f3n del certificado falla. La SSLPeerUnverifiedException subyacente es capturada y suprimida en lugar de rechazar la conexi\u00f3n.\n\nEste comportamiento de \u2019fail-open\u2019 significa que un cliente no autenticado puede establecer una conexi\u00f3n TLS y recibir una identidad principal v\u00e1lida. Si el autorizador configurado (por ejemplo, SimpleACLAuthorizer) no deniega expl\u00edcitamente el acceso a CN=ANONYMOUS, esto puede resultar en acceso no autorizado a los servicios de Storm. La condici\u00f3n se registra solo a nivel de depuraci\u00f3n, reduciendo la visibilidad en producci\u00f3n.\n\nImpacto: A los clientes no autenticados se les puede asignar una identidad principal, eludiendo potencialmente la autorizaci\u00f3n en entornos permisivos o mal configurados.\n\nMitigaci\u00f3n: Los usuarios deben actualizar a la versi\u00f3n 2.8.7 en la que las fallas de autenticaci\u00f3n TLS se manejan de manera \u2019fail-closed\u2019.\n\nLos usuarios que no puedan actualizar inmediatamente deben:\n- Habilitar la autenticaci\u00f3n obligatoria de certificado de cliente (nimbus.thrift.tls.client.auth.required: true)\n- Asegurar que las reglas de autorizaci\u00f3n denieguen expl\u00edcitamente el acceso a CN=ANONYMOUS\n- Revisar todas las configuraciones de ACL para detectar comportamientos impl\u00edcitos de \u2019permitir por defecto\u2019"
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