CVE-2018-17196 (High) detected in kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar

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CVE-2018-17196 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar

Library home page: http://kafka.apache.org

Path to dependency file: maxwell/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: maxwell/target/lib/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar,canner/.m2/repository/org/apache/kafka/kafka-clients/1.0.0/kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar,maxwell/target/maxwell-1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0/lib/kafka-clients/kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ kafka-clients-1.0.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 184222e43133affe2090d9dc6bb3d1a07a5f7c15

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2019-07-11

URL: CVE-2018-17196

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17196

Release Date: 2019-07-11

Fix Resolution: org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:2.1.1;org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.kafka-clients:2.1.1_1