RHSA-2026:42098
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-07-20 17:36 - Updated: 2026-07-20 21:48Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1.7 XP 6.0.5.GA release
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: JBoss EAP XP 6.0.5.GA release on the EAP 8.1 base. See references for release notes.
Details: This is a cumulative patch release zip for the JBoss EAP XP 6.0.5 runtime distribution for use with EAP 8.1.7.
Security Fix(es):
* kafka-clients: Apache Kafka Clients: Information disclosure and data corruption due to race condition in producer buffer management (CVE-2026-35554)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
A flaw was found in the Apache Kafka Java producer client. A race condition in the client's buffer pool management can cause messages to be silently delivered to incorrect topics. This occurs when a message batch expires while its network request is still active, leading to premature buffer deallocation and potential reuse by other messages. Consequently, sensitive data may be exposed to unauthorized consumers, and data integrity can be compromised through deserialization failures and processing errors.
6.8 (Medium)
Affected products
Fixed
1 product
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.1
Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
|
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.1::el9
|
— |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
Threats
Impact
Moderate
References
13 references
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