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Apache Pulsar lets users download packages across tenants

Priority LOW 27CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Apache Pulsar versions from 2.8.0 before 4.0.14, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.3, and from 4.2.0 before 4.2.5 are affected. The Pulsar Functions worker authorizes package URL requests for functions, sources and sinks only against the component's namespace, and it fetches the package with its own credentials without checking the user's access to the package's namespace. An authenticated user who can register or update components in their own tenant can download package contents from another tenant's namespace, a disclosure flaw classified as CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization. Only deployments with authentication, authorization and package management enabled are affected.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

When package management is enabled, Pulsar Functions, Sources and Sinks can be registered or updated from a package stored in the Pulsar Packages Management Service by supplying a package URL. The Pulsar Functions worker authorized these requests only against the namespace in which the component was being registered or updated. It did not check whether the requesting user was permitted to access packages in the namespace that the package URL refers to, and it retrieved the package from the broker using the worker's own credentials. The permission check of the Packages Management Service was therefore applied to the worker's identity instead of the requesting user's. Package URLs of transform functions supplied when registering or updating a sink were handled in the same way. An authenticated user who is permitted to register or update functions, sources or sinks in any namespace of their own tenant could use this to obtain the contents of a package stored in a namespace of another tenant, without having the packages permission on that namespace. The impact is limited to disclosure of package contents, which may include application code, business logic or embedded credentials. The issue does not allow packages to be modified or deleted and does not affect availability. This issue only affects deployments that have authentication and authorization enabled and in which package management has been enabled: the broker setting enablePackagesManagement and, in current releases, the functions worker setting functionsWorkerEnablePackageManagement. Both settings are disabled by default. This issue affects Apache Pulsar versions from 2.8.0 before 4.0.14, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.3, and from 4.2.0 before 4.2.5. - 4.0.x version users should upgrade to at least 4.0.14. - 4.1.x and 4.2.x version users should upgrade to at least 4.2.5. Users operating versions prior to those listed above should upgrade to the aforementioned patched versions or newer versions. The currently supported Apache Pulsar release lines are 4.0.x and 5.0.x. The supported versions schedule is available at https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/release-policy/.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00452 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Pulsar (Apache Software Foundation): 4.0.14, 4.2.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
ApacheApache Pulsar2.8.0 to before 4.0.14; 4.1.0 – 4.1.3; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.54.0.14, 4.2.5Patch availableCNA
  • Apache Pulsar VendorApache Affected 2.8.0 to before 4.0.14; 4.1.0 – 4.1.3; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.5 Fixed in 4.0.14, 4.2.5 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:pulsar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:pulsar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Apache

Remediation

Upgrade Apache Pulsar 4.0.x to 4.0.14 or later and Apache Pulsar 4.1.x and 4.2.x to 4.2.5 or later. The sources list no fixed version for Apache Pulsar 5.0.x.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA Apache Pulsar (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 4.0.14, 4.2.5

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Pulsar 4.0.14, 4.2.5

    14 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 13 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-78917 Apache Pulsar accepts unverified token roles on anonymous requestsPriority MEDIUM 41
    • TI-2026-78944 Apache Pulsar shadow topics lack authorization on source topicsPriority LOW 39
    • TI-2026-78948 Path traversal in Apache Pulsar exposes packages of other tenantsPriority LOW 36

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105930
  2. 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-mqp8-6q9x-3qcp
  3. 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  5. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

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  • TI-2024-21190 Apache OFBiz: Path traversal leading to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-18186 Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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