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SCA: security update for org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients, org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.12, org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13 (GHSA-3j6g-hxx5-3q26)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409564

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2021-38153)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j6g-hxx5-3q26

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 409564

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38153

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38153

cwe: CWE-203