CVE-2026-78166CWE-74CWE-94code-injection

CVE-2026-78166

Medium · published August 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A security flaw has been discovered in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. The affected element is the function executeSmartFilterTest of the file kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/controller/MessagesController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation results in code injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00413 · 34.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection'); CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-08-24T06:17Z
References (6)
https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/ · [email protected]https://github.com/provectus/kafka-ui/issues/4567 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78166 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/883727 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394555 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394555/cti · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 AUG 01:00Z
    provectus kafka-ui Groovy Code MessagesController.java executeSmartFilterTest code injection
    cvelistv5