Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in the STRIMZI Project 0.41.0 and…
Priority HIGH 82CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400 and CWE-306.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00529 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | io.strimzi:strimzi (Maven) | up to 0.41.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-q2xx-f8r3-9mg5 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- io.strimzi:strimzi (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 0.41.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-q2xx-f8r3-9mg5
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:strimza_project:kafka_connect_rest_api:0.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.41.0 | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:strimza_project:kafka_connect_rest_api:0.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.41.0 — ·—
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36543
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2xx-f8r3-9mg5
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-36543 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-36543 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2xx-f8r3-9mg5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-36543 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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