CVE-2026-10143

A flaw was found in kafka-python. A malicious or machine-in-the-middle broker could exploit a denial-of-service vulnerability during SCRAM authentication. By providing an excessively large iteration count, the broker can cause the client's event loop to freeze. This prevents critical operations...

Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

Overview kafka-python is a Pure Python client for Apache Kafka Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unchecked Input for Loop Condition in the SCRAM authentication handling. An attacker can cause the client's event loop to freeze by supplying an excessively large iteration count...

PT-2026-48531

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions kafka-python versions prior to 2.3.2 Description A denial-of-service issue exists in the SCRAM authentication handling. A malicious or machine-in-the-middle broker can freeze the client event loop by providing an excessively large iteration...