CVE-2017-12610
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients0.10.0.0 → 0.10.2.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients
- Maven org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients0.11.0.0 → 0.11.0.2osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-xm78-4m3g-7wm7Improper Authentication in Apache Kafka2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.
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references (19)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b6157be1a09df332294213bd21e90dcf9fe4c1810193be54620e4210@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-security-guardium-is-affected-by-multiple-vulnerabilities-3/cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104899enisa_euvd
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