CVE-2022-34917

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.49% (74th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
43 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers. This can lead to brokers hitting OutOfMemoryException and causing denial of service. Example scenarios: - Kafka cluster without authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with SASL authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker, without the need for valid SASL credentials, can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with TLS authentication: Only clients able to successfully authenticate via TLS can trigger the issue. We advise the users to upgrade the Kafka installations to one of the 3.2.3, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, 2.8.2 versions.

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cvss

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

7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-770USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-770USCWE-770USCWE-789USCWE-789USCWE-789US
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affected products (43)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (6)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-1473Apache Kafka: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-09-19csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Apache Kafka ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0136Oracle Construction and Engineering: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Construction and Engineering ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0138Oracle Communications Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0809IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-03-30csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Informationen falsch darzustellen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen oder unbekannte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.

  • GHSA-c9h3-c6qj-hh7qApache Kafka vulnerability can lead to brokers hitting OutOfMemoryException, causing Denial of Service2022-09-21ghsa · osvUS

    A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers. This can lead to brokers hitting OutOfMemoryException and causing denial of service. Example scenarios: - Kafka cluster without authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with SASL authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker, without the need for valid SASL credentials, can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with TLS authentication: Only clients able to successfully authenticate via TLS can trigger the issue. We advise the users to upgrade the Kafka installations to one of the 3.2.3, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, 2.8.2 versions.

  • BIT-kafka-2022-34917Unauthenticated clients may cause OutOfMemoryError on Apache Kafka Brokers2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    A security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. It affects all releases since 2.8.0. The vulnerability allows malicious unauthenticated clients to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers. This can lead to brokers hitting OutOfMemoryException and causing denial of service. Example scenarios: - Kafka cluster without authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with SASL authentication: Any clients able to establish a network connection to a broker, without the need for valid SASL credentials, can trigger the issue. - Kafka cluster with TLS authentication: Only clients able to successfully authenticate via TLS can trigger the issue. We advise the users to upgrade the Kafka installations to one of the 3.2.3, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, 2.8.2 versions.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-09-20modified 2026-06-17
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references (8)

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