CVE-2026-112375: Apache Kafka: Unauthorized principal can read arbitrary broker files via IncrementalAlterConfigs
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Apache Kafka versions 3.2.0 through 4.1.2, 4.2.0 through 4.2.1, and 4.3.0 through 4.3.1 have CVE-2026-112375 allowing an authenticated principal to read arbitrary broker files.
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Posted by Manikumar on Oct 28 Severity: important Affected versions: - Apache Kafka 3.2.0 through 4.1.2 - Apache Kafka 4.2.0 through 4.2.1 - Apache Kafka 4.3.0 through 4.3.1 Description: An authenticated Kafka principal with no authorization grants (not even ALTER_CONFIGS) can make a broker read a file or an environment variable from the broker host and return its contents. An IncrementalAlterConfigs (or AlterConfigs) request targeting a BROKER resource reaches the...