CVE-2024-29834

Apache Pulsar: Improper Authorization For Namespace and Topic Management Endpoints

Description

This vulnerability allows authenticated users with produce or consume permissions to perform unauthorized operations on partitioned topics, such as unloading topics and triggering compaction. These management operations should be restricted to users with the tenant admin role or superuser role. An authenticated user with produce permission can create subscriptions and update subscription properties on partitioned topics, even though this should be limited to users with consume permissions. This impact analysis assumes that Pulsar has been configured with the default authorization provider. For custom authorization providers, the impact could be slightly different. Additionally, the vulnerability allows an authenticated user to read, create, modify, and delete namespace properties in any namespace in any tenant. In Pulsar, namespace properties are reserved for user provided metadata about the namespace. This issue affects Apache Pulsar versions from 2.7.1 to 2.10.6, from 2.11.0 to 2.11.4, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.3, from 3.1.0 to 3.1.3, and from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1. 3.0 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.0.4. 3.1 and 3.2 Apache Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.2.2. Users operating versions prior to those listed above should upgrade to the aforementioned patched versions or newer versions.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.16%
Vendor Advisory apache.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Pulsar
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-29834?
CVE-2024-29834 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-29834?
To fix CVE-2024-29834, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2024-29834 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-29834 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-29834?
CVE-2024-29834 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Pulsar.
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