How serious is CVE-2026-29190?

This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, classified as MEDIUM severity. No public exploit code has been identified yet.

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-29190?

CVE-2026-29190 affects aiven karapace. Check the full CVE details for specific version information.

How do I fix CVE-2026-29190?

To remediate CVE-2026-29190, check for security patches from aiven. Apply all available updates and security patches. If no patch is available, implement recommended workarounds or security controls to mitigate the risk.

CVE-2026-29190

Medium

|5.3

No Exploit

Plain English Summary

AI-powered analysis for quick understanding

This vulnerability allows an attacker to read any file on the system running Karapace by providing a specially crafted backup file. It mainly affects setups that use the backup feature and process files from untrusted sources, with the actual risk depending on the permissions of the Karapace application.

Technical Description

Karapace is an open-source implementation of Kafka REST and Schema Registry. Prior to version 6.0.0, there is a Path Traversal vulnerability in the backup reader (backup/backends/v3/backend.py). If a malicious backup file is provided to Karapace, an attacker may exploit insufficient path validation to perform arbitrary file read on the system where Karapace is running. The issue affects deployments that use the backup/restore functionality and process backups from untrusted sources. The impact depends on the file system permissions of the Karapace process. This issue has been patched in version 6.0.0.

CVSS Vector Analysis

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Confidentiality ImpactLow

Integrity ImpactNone

Availability ImpactNone

ScopeUnchanged

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Resources

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Official References

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Est. Bounty

$724($500-$1K)

Vendor Response

Grade APatched in 4 days

Quick Information

Published

Mar 7, 2026

about 1 month ago

Last Modified

Mar 11, 2026

27 days ago

Vendor

aiven

Product

karapace