Description
A flaw was found in Kroxylicious. The ACL authorizer's rules-file parser unquotes `matching /…/` regular-expression literals using the string unquoting rules, which strips every backslash escape. As a result, an allow rule such as `matching /orders\.v1/` is compiled as the regex `orders.v1`, which also matches unintended names such as `ordersXv1`, and character classes such as `\d` and `\w` lose their special meaning. Allow rules written with regex escapes can therefore apply to more resources than the author intended. Depending on the ACL configuration, this may allow an authenticated Kafka client to access a resource (such as read or write a topic) that should have been denied.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Vendor Workaround

Until a fixed release is available, write regex escapes with doubled backslashes (for example `/orders\\.v1/`), audit existing `matching` rules for unintended matches, and prefer exact or `like` predicates where regex matching is not required.

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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Kroxylicious. The ACL authorizer's rules-file parser unquotes `matching /…/` regular-expression literals using the string unquoting rules, which strips every backslash escape. As a result, an allow rule such as `matching /orders\.v1/` is compiled as the regex `orders.v1`, which also matches unintended names such as `ordersXv1`, and character classes such as `\d` and `\w` lose their special meaning. Allow rules written with regex escapes can therefore apply to more resources than the author intended. Depending on the ACL configuration, this may allow an authenticated Kafka client to access a resource (such as read or write a topic) that should have been denied.
Title Kroxylicious-authorizer-acl: kroxylicious: acl rule file regex escapes are stripped, broadening 'matching' authorization rules
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat amq Streams
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:amq_streams:3
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat amq Streams
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T06:41:03.642Z

Reserved: 2026-11-13T05:56:28.939Z

Link: CVE-2026-128424

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