CVE-2017-12610
In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1 and 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1, authenticated Kafka clients may use impersonation via a manually crafted protocol message with SASL/PLAIN or SASL/SCRAM authentication when using the built-in PLAIN or SCRAM server implementations in Apache Kafka.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Kafka
- affected 0.10.0.0 to 0.10.2.1
- affected 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.kafka:kafka-clientsGHSA-xm78-4m3g-7wm7 (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- [kafka-users] 20180726 CVE-2017-12610: Authenticated Kafka clients may impersonate other users (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 104899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5820 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xm78-4m3g-7wm7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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