Advisory record · GHSA-g627-r579-rw35

Apache Pulsar: Improper Authorization For Topic-Level Policy Management

CVSS 6.4 MediumEPSS 0.017 · 77th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 12 Mar 2024, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-brokerMaven>=3.2.0, <3.2.1 || >=3.1.0, <3.1.3 || >=3.0.0, <3.0.3 || >=2.11.0, <2.11.4 || >=2.7.1, <2.10.63.2.1, 3.1.3, 3.0.3, 2.11.4, 2.10.6
Identifiers
GHSA-g627-r579-rw35 · CVE-2024-28098
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Published
12 Mar 2024
Updated
13 Feb 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Apache Pulsar broker (org.apache.pulsar:pulsar-broker) versions 2.7.1 through 2.10.5, 2.11.0 through 2.11.3, 3.0.0 through 3.0.2, 3.1.0 through 3.1.2, and 3.2.0 are affected. An authenticated user holding only produce or consume permissions can modify topic-level policies such as retention, TTL, and offloading settings, which should be limited to tenant admins or super users. Upgrade to 2.10.6, 2.11.4, 3.0.3, 3.1.3, 3.2.1, or a newer release in the same line.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.4 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CNA (apache)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.017, the 77th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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