01 Record
CVE-2026-35554
Apache Kafka Clients: Kafka Producer Message Corruption and Misrouting via Buffer Pool Race Condition
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Apache Kafka Clients: Kafka Producer Message Corruption and Misrouting via Buffer Pool Race Condition
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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2026-04-07 13:07Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-07 16:23Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-03
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1b85020b71c4661a7f9aab095e9229f0f182c8d3c017dd5c9c9fec090115bf12
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- issues.apache.orghttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19012
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/f07x7j8ovyqhjd1to25jsnqbm6wj01d6
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/07/6