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GHSA-9W75-CVCH-H753

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-20 00:35 – Updated: 2026-08-20 00:35

Details

In Splunk Connect for Kafka versions below 2.2.7, an unauthenticated user who can reach the Kafka Connect Representational State Transfer (REST) API could configure timestamp extraction with a crafted regular expression and matching event data to block a Kafka Connect worker thread, stopping event delivery for the affected connector. The vulnerability is possible because timestamp extraction evaluates customer-supplied regular expressions without a time limit. For more information see Install Splunk Connect for Kafka (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/integrate-data-with-add-ons/splunk-connect-for-kafka/2.2/install/install-splunk-connect-for-kafka) and Data ingestion parameters for Splunk Connect for Kafka (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/integrate-data-with-add-ons/splunk-connect-for-kafka/2.2/overview/data-ingestion-parameters-for-splunk-connect-for-kafka) in the Splunk documentation.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-76401 (GCVE-0-2026-76401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 21:35 – Updated: 2026-08-20 15:26

Title

Regular Expression Denial of Service (DoS) through the REST API in Splunk Connect for Kafka

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-20 15:11 UTC

CWE

CWE-407 - An algorithm in a product has an inefficient worst-case computational complexity that may be detrimental to system performance and can be triggered by an attacker, typically using crafted manipulations that ensure that the worst case is being reached.

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0808

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Splunk	Splunk Connect for Kafka	Affected: 2.2 , < 2.2.7 (custom)

Date Public

2026-08-19 00:00

Credits

Gabriel Nitu, Splunk

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