Zipkin Unauthenticated Spring Boot Actuator Endpoints Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Zipkin through 3.6.1 exposes Spring Boot Actuator endpoints on the tracing API port without authentication, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information. Attackers can read environment variables, bean configurations, and storage credentials via actuator endpoints, or modify log levels to suppress logging.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Zipkin | zipkin | up to 3.6.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- zipkin VendorOpen Zipkin Affected up to 3.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82265
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mv6-7845-668g
References
More Open Zipkin vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-33538 Zipkin through 3.5.1 has a /heapdump endpoint (associated with the use of Spring Boot… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-82265 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82265 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mv6-7845-668g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-82265 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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