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CVE-2026-82266 Details

UNDERGOING ENRICHMENT

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Description

Redpanda through 26.2.2 binds the Admin API to 0.0.0.0:9644 with admin_api_require_auth defaulting to false, treating unauthenticated requests as superusers. Attackers can reach port 9644 without credentials to create and delete broker accounts, modify cluster configuration, and disrupt partition replication.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:…Vector:This vulnerability is currently being analyzed.
CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda [email protected]
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/3cfce474a872090e7c74d14181885f5838c54cf2/conf/redpanda.yaml [email protected]
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/3cfce474a872090e7c74d14181885f5838c54cf2/src/v/security/request_auth.cc [email protected]
https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/issues/30989 [email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/redpanda-admin-api-unauthenticated-superuser-access-via-default-configuration [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-306Missing Authentication for Critical Function[email protected]

Affected Products

This vulnerability is currently being analyzed

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-82266
NVD Published Date:
Aug 28, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 24, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-82266 Details - Not Deferred