CVE-2026-33557
A possible security vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka.
By default, the broker property `sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.validator.class` is set to `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.DefaultJwtValidator`. It accepts any JWT token without validating its signature, issuer, or audience. An attacker can generate a JWT token from any issuer with the `preferred_username` set to any user, and the broker will accept it.
We advise the Kafka users using kafka v4.1.0 or v4.1.1 to set the config `sasl.oauthbearer.jwt.validator.class` to `org.apache.kafka.common.security.oauthbearer.BrokerJwtValidator` explicitly to avoid this vulnerability. Since Kafka v4.1.2 and v4.2.0 and later, the issue is fixed and will correctly validate the JWT token.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 9.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.93%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 59
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1078.001Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 % - Impacto secundario
T1098.001Additional Cloud Credentialspersistence · privilege escalation75 %
Vulnerabilidad de red sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) en Kafka que permite falsificar JWT y asumir identidades arbitrarias de usuario explotando validación deficiente de tokens OAuth Bearer.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-1285
- CWE-303
Referencias
- https://kafka.apache.org/cve-list
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/v57o00hm6yszdpdnvqx2ss4561yh953h
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/17/2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33557
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459739
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33557.json
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