kafka-python prior to 2.3.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in SCRAM authentication handling that allows a malicious or machine-in-the-middle broker to freeze the client event loop by supplying an excessively large iteration count. In scram.py, ScramClient.process_server_first_message() passes the broker-controlled SCRAM iteration count directly to hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac() without validation, blocking producer sends, consumer polls, admin operations, and heartbeats, which can cause consumer group eviction and repeated reconnect failures.

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Weaknesses CWE-606
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Description kafka-python prior to 2.3.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in SCRAM authentication handling that allows a malicious or machine-in-the-middle broker to freeze the client event loop by supplying an excessively large iteration count. In scram.py, ScramClient.process_server_first_message() passes the broker-controlled SCRAM iteration count directly to hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac() without validation, blocking producer sends, consumer polls, admin operations, and heartbeats, which can cause consumer group eviction and repeated reconnect failures.
Title kafka-python prior to 2.3.2 DoS via SCRAM Iteration Count in scram.py
Weaknesses CWE-400
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T20:22:39.262Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T21:38:34.147Z

Link: CVE-2026-10143

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-10T22:16:55.503

Modified: 2026-06-10T22:16:55.503

Link: CVE-2026-10143

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-10T20:22:39Z

Links: CVE-2026-10143 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-06-10T23:30:44Z

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