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SCA: security update for org.apache.kafka:kafka-metadata (GHSA-79vv-vp32-gpp7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411978

Description

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

 - While an Apache Kafka cluster is being migrated from ZooKeeper mode to KRaft mode, in some cases ACLs will
 not be correctly enforced. Two preconditions are needed to trigger the bug: 1. The administrator decides
 to remove an ACL 2. The resource associated with the removed ACL continues to have two or more other ACLs
 associated with it after the removal. When those two preconditions are met, Kafka will treat the resource
 as if it had only one ACL associated with it after the removal, rather than the two or more that would be
 correct. The incorrect condition is cleared by removing all brokers in ZK mode, or by adding a new ACL to
 the affected resource. Once the migration is completed, there is no metadata loss (the ACLs all remain).
 The full impact depends on the ACLs in use. If only ALLOW ACLs were configured during the migration, the
 impact would be limited to availability impact. if DENY ACLs were configured, the impact could include
 confidentiality and integrity impact depending on the ACLs configured, as the DENY ACLs might be ignored
 due to this vulnerability during the migration period. (CVE-2024-27309)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-79vv-vp32-gpp7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411978

Version: Revision 1.12

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27309

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 4/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27309

cwe: CWE-863