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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2018-1288 json

Improper Control of Generation of Code in Apache Kafka

published 2018-07-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gh27-38p5-mrxc , EUVD-2022-3959

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Apache Kafka 0.9.0.0 to 0.9.0.1, 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1, 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.2, and 1.0.0, authenticated Kafka users may perform action reserved for the Broker via a manually created fetch request interfering with data replication, resulting in data loss.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.kafka:kafka 0.10.2.2, 0.11.0.3, 1.0.1
  • oracle timesten_in-memory_database 18.1.2.1.0
  • openstack-monasca-api OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.2.1~dev24-3.6.1
  • kafka OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 0.10.2.2-5.6.1
  • ardana-spark OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1534267176.a5f3a22-3.6.1
  • ardana-monasca OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1535031421.9262a47-3.12.1
  • logstash OpenStack Cloud 7 2.4.1-5.1
  • monasca-installer OpenStack Cloud 7 20180608_12.47-9.1
  • kafka OpenStack Cloud 7 0.10.2.2-5.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud 7 4.5.1-1.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3563-1SUSE-SU-2018:2536-1

  • kafka-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.0-3.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10886-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1288 updated cvss 5.4

kafka: Users can perform Broker actions via crafted fetch requests, interfering with data replication and causing data lass

  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes kafka
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3768
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 kafka Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 kafka
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.kafka:kafka
>=0.9.0.0, <0.10.2.2
>=0.11.0.0, <0.11.0.3
>=1.0.0, <1.0.1
0.10.2.2
0.11.0.3
1.0.1

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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