CVE-2026-111073: Apache Kafka: PushTelemetry (KIP-714) metrics payloads are decompressed without a size limit, allowing a broker out-of-memory denial of service
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Apache Kafka versions 3.7.0 through 4.1.2, 4.2.0 through 4.2.1, and 4.3.0 have CVE-2026-111073 allowing a broker out-of-memory denial of service via PushTelemetry metrics payloads.
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Posted by Manikumar on Oct 28 Severity: moderate Affected versions: - Apache Kafka 3.7.0 through 4.1.2 - Apache Kafka 4.2.0 through 4.2.1 - Apache Kafka 4.3.0 Description: The broker-side PushTelemetry API (KIP-714) validates only the compressed size of a client s metrics payload against telemetry.max.bytes (default 1 MB) before decompressing it. ClientTelemetryUtils.decompress() then decompresses the payload with no limit on the decompressed output size, growing a...