CVE-2024-23944

Apache ZooKeeper: Information disclosure in persistent watcher handling

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2024 at 10:26 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZookeeper

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Information disclosure in persistent watchers handling in Apache ZooKeeper due to missing ACL check. It allows an attacker to monitor child znodes by attaching a persistent watcher (addWatch command) to a parent which the attacker has already access to. ZooKeeper server doesn't do ACL check when the persistent watcher is triggered and as a consequence, the full path of znodes that a watch event gets triggered upon is exposed to the owner of the watcher. It's important to note that only the path is exposed by this vulnerability, not the data of znode, but since znode path can contain sensitive information like user name or login ID, this issue is potentially critical. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.9.2, 3.8.4 which fixes the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.7.23.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.8.33.8.0 ≤ v < 3.8.43.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.9.13.9.0 ≤ v < 3.9.23.6.03.8.03.9.0
Affected range stops below 3.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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