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CVE-2023-50976

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Redpanda before 23.1.21 and 23.2.x before 23.2.18 has missing authorization checks in the Transactions API.

Affected products

• Redpanda: before 23.1.21; from 23.2.0 before 23.2.18 — fixed in 23.1.21, 23.2.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Redpanda 23.1.21, 23.2.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.1.20...v23.1.21
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.2.17...v23.2.18
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/15048
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/14969
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/15060
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.1.20...v23.1.21
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/compare/v23.2.17...v23.2.18
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/15048
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/14969
• https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/15060

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