CVE-2024-8285: Kroxylicious: missing upstream kafka tls hostname verification
Description
A flaw was found in Kroxylicious. When establishing the connection with the upstream Kafka server using a TLS secured connection, Kroxylicious fails to properly verify the server's hostname, resulting in an insecure connection. For a successful attack to be performed, the attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack or compromise any external systems, such as DNS or network routing configuration. This issue is considered a high complexity attack, with additional high privileges required, as the attack would need access to the Kroxylicious configuration or a peer system. The result of a successful attack impacts both data integrity and confidentiality.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-8285
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 27.41% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9571https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8285
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308606