GHSA-3j6g-hxx5-3q26

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    GHSA-3j6g-hxx5-3q26

    Published: 23 Sept 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary: Observable Discrepancy in Apache Kafka

    Details: Some components in Apache Kafka use `Arrays.equals` to validate a password or key, which is vulnerable to timing attacks that make brute force attacks for such credentials more likely to be successful. Users should upgrade to 2.8.1 or higher, or 3.0.0 or higher where this vulnerability has been fixed. The affected versions include Apache Kafka 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, and 2.8.0.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.11

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.kafka/kafka_2.11

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.0
    2.0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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