#VU79928 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring for Apache Kafka - CVE-2023-34040

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#VU79928 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring for Apache Kafka - CVE-2023-34040

Published: August 23, 2023 / Updated: August 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79928
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34040
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Spring for Apache Kafka
Software vendor:
Spring

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system under certain conditions.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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