CVE-2024-36543: Strimza Project Kafka Connect Rest API

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in the STRIMZI Project 0.41.0 and earlier allows an attacker to deny the service for Kafka Mirroring, potentially mirror the topics' content to his Kafka cluster via a malicious connector (bypassing Kafka ACL if it exists), and potentially steal Kafka SASL credentials, by querying the MirrorMaker Kafka REST API.

Affected products

• Strimza Project Kafka Connect Rest API: before 0.41.0 (fixed in 0.41.0)

Published 2024-06-17. Last modified 2026-07-09.