CVE-2024-28098: Apache Pulsar: Improper Authorization For Topic-Level Policy Management
Description
The vulnerability allows authenticated users with only produce or consume permissions to modify topic-level policies, such as retention, TTL, and offloading settings. These management operations should be restricted to users with the tenant admin role or super user role.
This issue affects Apache Pulsar versions from 2.7.1 to 2.10.5, from 2.11.0 to 2.11.3, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2, and 3.2.0.
2.10 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.10.6.
2.11 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.11.4.
3.0 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.0.3.
3.1 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.1.3.
3.2 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.2.1.
Users operating versions prior to those listed above should upgrade to the aforementioned patched versions or newer versions.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-28098
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Product: Apache Pulsar
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 43.46% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://lists.apache.org/thread/3m6923y3wxpdcs9346sjvt8ql9swqc2zhttps://pulsar.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-28098/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/12/12