# CVE-2024-36543: Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in the STRIMZI Project 0.41.0 and earlier allows an attacker to deny the service for

- Also known as: GHSA-Q2XX-F8R3-9MG5
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-17 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- io.strimzi:strimzi (Maven): through 0.41.0

## Description

Incorrect access control in the Kafka Connect REST API in the STRIMZI Project 0.41.0 and earlier allows an attacker to deny the service for Kafka Mirroring, potentially mirror the topics' content to his Kafka cluster via a malicious connector (bypassing Kafka ACL if it exists), and potentially steal Kafka SASL credentials, by querying the MirrorMaker Kafka REST API.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, io.strimzi:strimzi, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/almounah/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2024-36543

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