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CVE-2024-31141: Apache Kafka Clients: Privilege escalation to filesystem read-access via automatic ConfigProvider

First published: Mon Nov 18 2024(Updated: )

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties, Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Kafka Clients. Apache Kafka Clients accept configuration data for customizing behavior, and includes ConfigProvider plugins in order to manipulate these configurations. Apache Kafka also provides FileConfigProvider, DirectoryConfigProvider, and EnvVarConfigProvider implementations which include the ability to read from disk or environment variables. In applications where Apache Kafka Clients configurations can be specified by an untrusted party, attackers may use these ConfigProviders to read arbitrary contents of the disk and environment variables. In particular, this flaw may be used in Apache Kafka Connect to escalate from REST API access to filesystem/environment access, which may be undesirable in certain environments, including SaaS products. This issue affects Apache Kafka Clients: from 2.3.0 through 3.5.2, 3.6.2, 3.7.0. Users with affected applications are recommended to upgrade kafka-clients to version >=3.8.0, and set the JVM system property "org.apache.kafka.automatic.config.providers=none". Users of Kafka Connect with one of the listed ConfigProvider implementations specified in their worker config are also recommended to add appropriate "allowlist.pattern" and "allowed.paths" to restrict their operation to appropriate bounds. For users of Kafka Clients or Kafka Connect in environments that trust users with disk and environment variable access, it is not recommended to set the system property. For users of the Kafka Broker, Kafka MirrorMaker 2.0, Kafka Streams, and Kafka command-line tools, it is not recommended to set the system property.

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Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
maven/org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients>=2.3.0<3.7.1
3.7.1
IBM Operational Decision Manager<=8.11.0.1
IBM Operational Decision Manager<=8.11.1.0
IBM Operational Decision Manager<=8.12.0.1
IBM Operational Decision Manager<=9.0.0.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2024-31141?

    CVE-2024-31141 has been classified as a medium-severity vulnerability due to improper privilege management in Apache Kafka Clients.

  • How do I fix CVE-2024-31141?

    To mitigate CVE-2024-31141, upgrade to Apache Kafka Clients version 3.7.1 or later.

  • What software is affected by CVE-2024-31141?

    CVE-2024-31141 affects Apache Kafka Clients versions between 2.3.0 and 3.7.1, and various versions of IBM Operational Decision Manager.

  • What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-31141?

    CVE-2024-31141 is categorized as an improper privilege management vulnerability.

  • Can external parties access files or directories due to CVE-2024-31141?

    Yes, CVE-2024-31141 allows files or directories to be accessible to external parties due to improper privilege management in Apache Kafka Clients.

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