CVE-2017-12610 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Kafka versions 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1. Authenticated Kafka clients can impersonate other users by crafting specific protocol messages during SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using Kafka's built-in server implementations. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating that a low-privileged attacker can achieve high confidentiality and integrity impacts with high attack complexity over the network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.10.0.0, <= 0.10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.11.0.0, <= 0.11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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