Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache kafka-client may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2025-27817, CVE-2025-27818

Summary IBM Business Automation Workflow packages a copy of Apache kafka-client with known vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-27818 DESCRIPTION: A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource,...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component is vulnerable to kafka-clients-3.9.0.jar CVE-2025-27818, CVE-2025-27817

Summary IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component is vulnerable to kafka-clients-3.9.0.jar CVE-2025-27818, CVE-2025-27817. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2025-27818 DESCRIPTION: A possible security vulnerability ha...

BIT-KAFKA-2025-27819 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration

In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect API is vulnerable to this attack, the Apache Kafka brokers also have this vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs ...

BIT-KAFKA-2025-27818 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

CVE-2025-27819

A flaw was found in org.apache.kafka. The JndiLoginModule within the SASL authentication mechanism allows remote code execution and denial of service when misconfigured. This flaw allows an attacker to provide a malicious JNDI URI within the Kafka broker's configuration, permitting arbitrary code...

GHSA-MCWH-C9PG-XW43 Apache Kafka Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect API is vulnerable to this attack, the Apache Kafka brokers also have this vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs ...

Apache Kafka Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

Apache Kafka Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect API is vulnerable to this attack, the Apache Kafka brokers also have this vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs ...

CVE-2025-27818

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

CVE-2025-27819 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration

In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect API is vulnerable to this attack, the Apache Kafka brokers also have this vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs ...

CVE-2025-27819 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration

In CVE-2023-25194, we announced the RCE/Denial of service attack via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in Kafka Connect API. But not only Kafka Connect API is vulnerable to this attack, the Apache Kafka brokers also have this vulnerability. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs ...

CVE-2025-27819

CVE-2025-27819 describes a Kafka vulnerability enabling RCE/Denial of Service via SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration, affecting Kafka Connect API and Apache Kafka brokers. Exploitation requires network access to the cluster and the AlterConfigs permission on the cluster resource. The root ca...

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Overview org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients is a streaming platform that can publish and subscribe to streams of records, store streams of records in a fault-tolerant durable way, and process streams of records as they occur. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Deserialization of...

CVE-2025-27818 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

CVE-2025-27818 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

CVE-2025-27818 Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. This requires access to a alterConfig to the cluster resource, or Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, whic...

CVE-2025-27818

Summary of CVE-2025-27818 (Apache Kafka): The issue involves an authenticated operator who, via alterConfig on a cluster resource (or Kafka Connect worker) and by modifying connector configs through the REST API, can set sasl.jaas.config on Kafka clients to an LDAP/JndiLoginModule path (e.g., com...

PT-2025-24621

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Kafka versions prior to 3.4.0 Apache Kafka versions 3.4.0 through 3.9.0 Description The issue concerns a Remote Code Execution RCE and Denial of Service attack via the SASL JAAS JndiLoginModule configuration in the Kafka Connect API and...

GHSA-26F8-X7CC-WQPC Apache Kafka Connect vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka Connect API. This requires access to a Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, which has been possible on Kafka...

Apache Kafka Connect vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka Connect API. This requires access to a Kafka Connect worker, and the ability to create/modify connectors on it with an arbitrary Kafka client SASL JAAS config and a SASL-based security protocol, which has been possible on Kafka...