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TI-2026-56730 Aliases CVE-2026-82265GHSA-2mv6-7845-668g

Zipkin Unauthenticated Spring Boot Actuator Endpoints Exposure

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-306Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00449 39th 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Open Zipkinzipkinup to 3.6.1—No fix listedCNA
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82265
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mv6-7845-668g

References

  • 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