{"id":79189,"date":"2026-06-02T13:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/cve-2026-41115-apache-kafka-improper-authorization-in-consumer_group_describe-api\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:16:25","slug":"cve-2026-41115-apache-kafka-improper-authorization-in-consumer_group_describe-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/cve-2026-41115-apache-kafka-improper-authorization-in-consumer_group_describe-api\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2026-41115 &#8211; Apache Kafka: Improper Authorization in CONSUMER_GROUP_DESCRIBE API"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CVE ID :CVE-2026-41115<\/p>\n<p>  Published : June 2, 2026, 10:16 a.m. | 16\u00a0minutes ago<\/p>\n<p>  Description :An improper authorization vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of the CONSUMER_GROUP_DESCRIBE (69) API validates the DESCRIBE operation on the GROUP resource instead of the READ operation that documented in the official kafka documentation and the KIP-848. This discrepancy can result in misconfigured Access Control Lists (ACLs) and unintended security postures, like granting READ permission to users who should not be able to join\/sync groups, or allowing users without READ permission (but with DESCRIBE permission) to access sensitive group metadata.<\/p>\n<p>The correct permission for CONSUMER_GROUP_DESCRIBE API is DESCRIBE GROUP so the current implementation is correct. However, the kafka documentation as well as the KIP-848 will be updated to reflect the correct permission. We advise the Kafka users to review existing group ACLs to ensure the principle of least privilege.<\/p>\n<p>  Severity: 0.0 | NA<\/p>\n<p>  Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CVE ID :CVE-2026-41115 Published : June 2, 2026, 10:16 a.m. | 16\u00a0minutes ago Description :An improper authorization vulnerability has been identified in Apache Kafka. The implementation of the CONSUMER_GROUP_DESCRIBE (69) API validates the DESCRIBE operation on the GROUP resource instead of the READ operation that documented in the official kafka documentation and the KIP-848. This &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vulnerability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}