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Red Hat Security Advisory: Streams for Apache Kafka 3.0.1 release and security update

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Published: 09/22/2025 (09/22/2025, 21:48:11 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka, based on the Apache Kafka project, offers a distributed backbone that allows microservices and other applications to share data with extremely high throughput and extremely low latency. This release of Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka 3.0.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka 3.0.0, and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. * Cruise Control, Drain Cleaner: Netty: netty-codec-http2: Netty MadeYouReset HTTP/2 DDoS Vulnerability [amq-st-3.0] "(CVE-2025-55163)" * Kafka: org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 : Uncontrolled Recursion [amq-st-3.0] "(CVE-2025-48924)"

Affected software

Affected versions
=3.0.0Red HatRed Hat OpenShift EnterpriseStreams for Apache Kafka 3.0.1

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AILast updated: 08/04/2026, 15:47:19 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers two security vulnerabilities in Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka. CVE-2025-48924 is an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the Apache Commons Lang library used by Kafka, which could lead to resource exhaustion or denial of service. CVE-2025-55163 is a HTTP/2 denial-of-service vulnerability in the Netty codec-http2 component, known as 'Netty MadeYouReset'. Red Hat Streams for Apache Kafka 3.0.1 replaces version 3.0.0 and includes fixes for these issues along with other bug fixes and enhancements. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact by Red Hat. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory. The vendor recommends applying this update after ensuring all previous errata are applied.

Potential Impact

The uncontrolled recursion vulnerability (CVE-2025-48924) may allow an attacker to cause resource exhaustion or denial of service in applications using Apache Commons Lang within Kafka. The HTTP/2 DDoS vulnerability (CVE-2025-55163) in Netty codec-http2 could be exploited to disrupt service availability via denial-of-service attacks. Red Hat rates the overall security impact of these vulnerabilities as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released Streams for Apache Kafka 3.0.1 as a replacement for version 3.0.0, which includes fixes for these vulnerabilities. Users should update to version 3.0.1 after applying all previously released errata relevant to their systems. Detailed update instructions are available from Red Hat's customer portal. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:16407
Cve Count
2
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-55163"]

Threat ID: 6a294d7e8dd33fbd853ac709

Added to database: 06/10/2026, 11:41:50 UTC

Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 15:47:19 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC

Views: 164

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