Vulnerability in zookeeper (CVE-2026-24281)
Summary
Vulnerability in zookeeper (CVE-2026-24281). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 3.8.6, 3.9.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-24281 has been found in zookeeper.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.4/10.
What to do: upgrade zookeeper to 3.8.6, 3.9.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "zookeeper CVE-2026-24281" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-24281 (zookeeper) — CWE-295 / CVSS v3 7.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 3.8.6, 3.9.5 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-295) exists in zookeeper.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of zookeeper.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.4/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 3.8.6, 3.9.5.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'zookeeper' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'zookeeper' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
zookeeperを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade zookeeper to 3.8.6, 3.9.5ステージング環境で 3.8.6, 3.9.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-24281 zookeeper
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24281 zookeeper
References
- advisory lists.apache.org
- advisory openwall.com
- web access.redhat.com
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- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web nvd.nist.gov