CVE record · CVE-2026-115644

Apache Kafka: Connect Admin REST API Authentication Bypass via Unapplied REST Extensions

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0026 · 17th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: apache) at 28 Oct 2026, 16:45 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Kafka Package name: org.apache.kafka:connect-runtime https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 pkg:maven/org.apache.kafka/connect-runtime	affected 2.4.0 to before 4.2.2 semver affected 4.3.0 to before 4.3.2 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-115644
CNA: apache
Weakness (CWE): CWE-288
Tags: Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka
Authentication bypass
Published: 28 Oct 2026
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0026, the 17th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

28 Oct 2026, 16:45 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
28 Oct 2026, 17:18 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

kafka.apache.org/cve-list vendor-advisory

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