# CVE-2025-27817: Apache Kafka Client Arbitrary File Read and Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-27817-apache-kafka-client-arbitrary-file-read-and-server-side-request  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-06-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-27817 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-06-10

Apache Kafka Client Arbitrary File Read and Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability

Technologies: [org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-kafka-kafka-clients). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-27817 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-27817 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-27817?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 June 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.1.0,fixed=3.9.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-27817?** Yes. org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven): upgrade to 3.9.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-27817?** Check whether you run org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven): upgrade to 3.9.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients to 3.9.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3.1.0,fixed=3.9.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-27817
- GHSA-vgq5-3255-v292

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