Information Exposure Affecting org.apache.kafka:kafka package, versions [2.0.0,2.0.2) [2.1.0,2.1.2) [2.3.0,2.3.1)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (48th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEKAFKA-541854
  • published 15 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 13 Jan 2020
  • credit Oleksandr Diachenko

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.kafka:kafka to version 2.0.2, 2.1.2, 2.3.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Any client can issue a request to the same Connect cluster to obtain the connector's task configuration and the response will contain the plaintext secret rather than the externalised secrets variables.