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Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-38153

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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.011
EPSS Ranking 76.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-38153


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