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CVE-2026-82266

Redpanda Admin API Unauthenticated Superuser Access via Default Configuration

CVSS 4.0 9.3 CRITICALCVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICALCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-82266

Published

Redpanda through 26.2.2 binds the Admin API to 0.0.0.0:9644 with admin_api_require_auth defaulting to false, treating unauthenticated requests as superusers. Attackers can reach port 9644 without credentials to create and delete broker accounts, modify cluster configuration, and disrupt partition replication.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-82266

Published

redpanda

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Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "redpanda-data",
                    "product": "redpanda",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "26.2.2",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

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