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GHSA-QP5M-MRQW-6PXR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 21:31 – Updated: 2026-08-28 21:31

Details

Redpanda through 26.2.2 binds the Admin API to 0.0.0.0:9644 with admin_api_require_auth defaulting to false, treating unauthenticated requests as superusers. Attackers can reach port 9644 without credentials to create and delete broker accounts, modify cluster configuration, and disrupt partition replication.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2026-08-28T21:31:23Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/3cfce474a872090e7c74d14181885f5838c54cf2/conf/redpanda.yaml"
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    },
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CVE-2026-82266 (GCVE-0-2026-82266)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 16:18 – Updated: 2026-09-24 14:19

Title

Redpanda Admin API Unauthenticated Superuser Access via Default Configuration

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-01 03:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6639 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/30989	issue-tracking
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda	product
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/3c…	technical-description
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/3c…	technical-description
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redpanda-adm…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
redpanda-data	redpanda	Affected: 0 , ≤ 26.2.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:redpanda:redpanda::::::::

Date Public

2026-07-01 00:00

Credits

George Chen

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