Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring for Apache Kafka - CVE-2023-34040
Published: August 23, 2023 / Updated: August 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79928
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Spring
Affected software:
Spring for Apache Kafka
Spring for Apache Kafka
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-34040
Install updates from vendor's website.