CVE-2024-36543

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-17 · updated 2026-07-09
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

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.

Affected products

Strimza Project Kafka Connect Rest Api: before 0.41.0 — fixed in 0.41.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Strimza Project Kafka Connect Rest Api 0.41.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/almounah/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-36543
https://github.com/almounah/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-36543

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