CVE-2018-17196

mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.055 · 93 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.48% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

13 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Apache Kafka versions between 0.11.0.0 and 2.1.0, it is possible to manually craft a Produce request which bypasses transaction/idempotent ACL validation. Only authenticated clients with Write permission on the respective topics are able to exploit this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to 2.1.1 or later where this vulnerability has been fixed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-264US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

EMC Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:emc:avamar:-
IBM Tivoli Network Manager 4.2.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:tivoli_network_manager:4.2.0
Oracle Construction and Engineeringall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:construction_and_engineering:-
Apache Kafka≤ 0.11.0.0 to 2.1.0enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Kafka0.11.0.0 → 2.1.0fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM QRadar SIEM≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM QRadar SIEM≤ 7.5fstec_bduRU
IBM Corp. IBM QRadar SIEM≤ 7.4fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management19.12.0 → 19.12.6fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Primavera Unifier≤ 18.8fstec_bduRU
Oracle Corp. Primavera Unifier≤ 19.12fstec_bduRU
apache kafka0.11.0.0 → 2.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.kafka:kafka0.11.0.0 → 2.1.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.kafka/kafka

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1048Oracle Construction and Engineering: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-10-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Construction and Engineering ausnutzen, um die Verfügbarkeit, Vertraulichkeit und Integrität zu gefährden.
GHSA-47w3-66wq-cpxgImproper Input Validation in Apache Kafka2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
In Apache Kafka versions between 0.11.0.0 and 2.1.0, it is possible to manually craft a Produce request which bypasses transaction/idempotent ACL validation. Only authenticated clients with Write permission on the respective topics are able to exploit this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to 2.1.1 or later where this vulnerability has been fixed.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-07-11modified 2026-06-17

references (38)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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