CVE-2026-24281

Published Mar 7, 2026

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
Hostname verification in Apache ZooKeeper ZKTrustManager falls back to reverse DNS (PTR) when IP SAN validation fails, allowing attackers who control or spoof PTR records to impersonate ZooKeeper servers or clients with a valid certificate for the PTR name. It's important to note that attacker must present a certificate which is trusted by ZKTrustManager which makes the attack vector harder to exploit. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.8.6 or 3.9.5, which fixes this issue by introducing a new configuration option to disable reverse DNS lookup in client and quorum protocols.
Source
security@apache.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
zookeeper

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.4
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

security@apache.org
CWE-295
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-295

Social media

Hype score
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Configurations