CVE-2024-36543
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs
Summary
Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in Strimzi Project 0.41.0 and earlier allows an attacker to perform DoS on Kafka Mirroring, potentially mirror topics' content to their own Kafka cluster (bypassing Kafka ACLs), and steal Kafka SASL credentials by querying the MirrorMaker Kafka REST API.
Risk Assessment
The organization faces disruption of data mirroring, leakage of sensitive business data, and theft of authentication credentials, which could enable further attacks on the Kafka infrastructure.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade Strimzi to a version newer than 0.41.0 and restrict access to the Kafka Connect REST API to trusted networks and users only.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.