CVE-2018-17196 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache Kafka versions 0.11.0.0 through 2.1.0, allowing authenticated clients with Write permissions to bypass transaction/idempotent ACL validation through a crafted Produce request. This network-exploitable flaw has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring low privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.11.0.0, <= 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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