CVE-2026-41081
Gravedad CVSS v3.1:
MEDIA
Tipo:
CWE-287
Autenticación incorrecta
Fecha de publicación:
27/04/2026
Última modificación:
28/04/2026
Descripción
*** Pendiente de traducción *** Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm<br />
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Versions Affected: up to 2.8.7<br />
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Description: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. The underlying SSLPeerUnverifiedException is caught and suppressed rather than rejecting the connection.<br />
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This fail-open behavior means an unauthenticated client can establish a TLS connection and receive a valid principal identity. If the configured authorizer (e.g., SimpleACLAuthorizer) does not explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS, this may result in unauthorized access to Storm services. The condition is logged at debug level only, reducing visibility in production.<br />
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Impact: Unauthenticated clients may be assigned a principal identity, potentially bypassing authorization in permissive or misconfigured environments.<br />
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Mitigation: Users should upgrade to 2.8.7 in which TLS authentication failures are handled in a fail-closed manner.<br />
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Users who cannot upgrade immediately should:<br />
- Enable mandatory client certificate authentication (nimbus.thrift.tls.client.auth.required: true)<br />
- Ensure authorization rules explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS<br />
- Review all ACL configurations for implicit default-allow behavior
Impacto
Puntuación base 3.x
6.50
Gravedad 3.x
MEDIA
Productos y versiones vulnerables
| CPE | Desde | Hasta |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:storm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.8.7 (excluyendo) |
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