Authenticated policy modification via insufficient role checks
Published Mar 12, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Incorrect authorization in affected Apache Pulsar releases allows remote authenticated users to alter topic-level policies over the network. The published record does not identify the affected handler or exact failed check; it establishes that policy-management operations accept produce-only or consume-only roles instead of requiring tenant administrator or superuser authority. A user with network access and valid produce or consume credentials can change retention, TTL, and offloading settings, affecting message confidentiality and integrity without reported service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in affected Apache Pulsar releases allows remote authenticated users to alter topic-level policies over the network. The published record does not identify the affected handler or exact failed check; it establishes that policy-management operations accept produce-only or consume-only roles instead of requiring tenant administrator or superuser authority. A user with network access and valid produce or consume credentials can change retention, TTL, and offloading settings, affecting message confidentiality and integrity without reported service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-28098
- Published
- Mar 12, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Pulsar
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.11.0 <2.11.4
- Affected versionversion=2.7.1 <2.10.6
- Affected versionversion=3.0.0 <3.0.3
- Affected versionversion=3.1.0 <3.1.3
- Affected versionversion=3.2.0 <3.2.1
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