Apache Pulsar: Improper Authorization For Topic-Level Policy Management

published 2024-03-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-0927 , GHSA-g627-r579-rw35

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

The vulnerability allows authenticated users with only produce or consume permissions to modify topic-level policies, such as retention, TTL, and offloading settings. These management operations should be restricted to users with the tenant admin role or super user role.

This issue affects Apache Pulsar versions from 2.7.1 to 2.10.5, from 2.11.0 to 2.11.3, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2, and 3.2.0.

2.10 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.10.6. 2.11 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.11.4. 3.0 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.0.3. 3.1 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.1.3. 3.2 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.2.1.

Users operating versions prior to those listed above should upgrade to the aforementioned patched versions or newer versions.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-broker 2.10.6, 2.11.4, 3.0.3, 3.1.3, 3.2.1
Apache Software Foundation Apache Pulsar 2.10.6, 2.11.4, 3.0.3, 3.1.3, 3.2.1

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-2024-28098 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.4

apache-pulsar: Improper Authorization For Topic-Level Policy Management

Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 apache-pulsar apache-pulsar Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 apache-pulsar apache-pulsar Red Hat Fuse 7 apache-pulsar apache-pulsar Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 apache-pulsar apache-pulsar Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 apache-pulsar apache-pulsar
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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-03-13)

Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-broker	>=3.2.0, <3.2.1 >=3.1.0, <3.1.3 >=3.0.0, <3.0.3 >=2.11.0, <2.11.4 >=2.7.1, <2.10.6	3.2.1 3.1.3 3.0.3 2.11.4 2.10.6

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Pulsar

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

pulsar.apache.org /security/CVE-2024-28098/
vendor-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread/3m6923y3wxpdcs9346sjvt8ql9swqc2z
mailing-list, web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/12
web, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28098
advisory
github.com /apache/pulsar
package
pulsar.apache.org /security/CVE-2024-28098
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary