Unauthenticated access via anonymous TLS principal
Published Apr 27, 2026 · Updated Apr 27, 2026
Authentication bypass in Apache Storm Client before 2.8.7 allows remote attackers to access Storm services through a fallback principal. TlsTransportPlugin catches and suppresses SSLPeerUnverifiedException, then assigns CN=ANONYMOUS instead of rejecting a TLS peer whose certificate is absent or unverifiable. Exploitation requires TLS with client authentication disabled and an authorizer that does not deny CN=ANONYMOUS; the resulting access is limited by that principal's ACLs.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Apache Storm Client before 2.8.7 allows remote attackers to access Storm services through a fallback principal. TlsTransportPlugin catches and suppresses SSLPeerUnverifiedException, then assigns CN=ANONYMOUS instead of rejecting a TLS peer whose certificate is absent or unverifiable. Exploitation requires TLS with client authentication disabled and an authorizer that does not deny CN=ANONYMOUS; the resulting access is limited by that principal's ACLs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-41081
- Published
- Apr 27, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Storm Client
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.8.7
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