In Spring for Apache Kafka, forged retry topic headers subvert retry routing and backoff behavior (Spring Spring for Apache Kafka)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Spring Kafka's retry topic infrastructure did not sufficiently validate user-controlled header values before acting on them. A producer could send a record with a crafted retry_topic-attempts header to supply an out-of-range attempt count and cause the retry topic router to misidentify where the message was in the retry sequence. Affected versions: Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0 through 4.0.5; 3.3.0 through 3.3.15; 3.2.0 through 3.2.13; 2.9.0 through 2.9.13; 2.8.0 through 2.8.11.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | vmware |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-53w6-v7cv-fc9h — Spring for Apache Kafka: Improper Validation of Retry Topic Header Values Leads to Retry Sequence Manipulation
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-35904
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-41727
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.8.0 < 2.8.12cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.9.0 < 2.9.14cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.2.0 < 3.2.14cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.3.0 < 3.3.15.1cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_for_apache_kafka:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0.0 < 4.0.5.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spring · Spring for Apache Kafka | affected 4.0.0 < 4.0.5.1 ; affected 3.3.0 < 3.3.15.1 ; affected 3.2.0 < 3.2.14 ; affected 2.9.0 < 2.9.14 ; affected 2.8.0 < 2.8.12 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |