GHSA-5qcv-4rpc-jp93: kafka-clients fixed in 4.1.2, 4.0.2 and 3.9.2

GHSA-5qcv-4rpc-jp93 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published April 7, 2026

kafka-clients is fixed in 4.1.2, 4.0.2 and 3.9.2 (Maven Central)

Apache Kafka Clients: Kafka Producer Message Corruption and Misrouting via Buffer Pool Race Condition

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients	Maven Central	4.1.2, 4.0.2, 3.9.2
debezium-3.5	Wolfi	3.5.0-r3
debezium-connector-informix-3.5	Wolfi	3.5.0-r3
debezium-connector-db2-3.5	Chainguard	3.5.0-r2
knative-kafka-broker-fips-1.22	Chainguard	1.22.1-r1
logstash-8.19	Chainguard	8.19.14-r3
knative-kafka-broker-1.22	Chainguard	1.22.1-r1
debezium-connector-spanner-3.4	Wolfi	3.4.3-r2
debezium-connector-db2-3.5	Wolfi	3.5.0-r2
thingsboard	Wolfi	4.3.1.1-r2
strimzi-kafka-operator-fips	Chainguard	1.0.0-r0
logstash-9.1	Wolfi	9.1.10-r6

35 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

8.699999809265137

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
wolfi	debezium-3.5	0
wolfi	debezium-connector-informix-3.5	0
chainguard	debezium-connector-db2-3.5	0
chainguard	knative-kafka-broker-fips-1.22	0
chainguard	logstash-8.19	0
chainguard	knative-kafka-broker-1.22	0
wolfi	debezium-connector-spanner-3.4	0
wolfi	debezium-connector-db2-3.5	0
wolfi	thingsboard	0
chainguard	strimzi-kafka-operator-fips	0
wolfi	logstash-9.1	0
chainguard	hono	0
chainguard	automq-fips	*
chainguard	thingsboard	0
wolfi	debezium-connector-vitess-3.5	0
chainguard	wildfly	0
Maven	org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients	4.1.0, 2.8.0, 4.0.0
chainguard	opensearch-2	0
wolfi	opensearch-2	0
wolfi	druid	0

…and 29 more

Timeline

Apr 7, 2026 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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