01 Record
CVE-2025-27818
Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Apache Kafka: Possible RCE attack via SASL JAAS LdapLoginModule configuration
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-06-10 07:52Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 17:51Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-07
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7d7fe3ec8f64ff883ca85deda1500b14002dda6174ae48cbfef325ba8858c1e4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- kafka.apache.orghttps://kafka.apache.org/cve-list
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/09/2