CVE-2026-10143 (GCVE-0-2026-10143)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-10 20:22 – Updated: 2026-11-08 14:00
VLAI
Title
kafka-python prior to 2.3.2 DoS via SCRAM Iteration Count in scram.py
Summary
kafka-python prior to 2.3.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in SCRAM authentication handling that allows a malicious or machine-in-the-middle broker to freeze the client event loop by supplying an excessively large iteration count. In scram.py, ScramClient.process_server_first_message() passes the broker-controlled SCRAM iteration count directly to hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac() without validation, blocking producer sends, consumer polls, admin operations, and heartbeats, which can cause consumer group eviction and repeated reconnect failures.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-11 13:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-606 - Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dana Powers kafka-python Affected: 0 , < 2.3.2 (git)
    cpe:2.3:a:dpkp:kafka-python:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
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Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3.10 Unaffected: 1782487717 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3.10::el8
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Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3.12 Unaffected: 1781937357 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3.12::el8
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Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3.15 Unaffected: 1784351966 , < * (rpm)
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Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3.16 Unaffected: 1783955846 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3.16::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3.9 Unaffected: 1781878070 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3.9::el8
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Date Public
2026-06-10 20:00
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