CVE-2026-29190

Karapace: Path Traversal in Backup Reader

Published Mar 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Karapace is an open-source implementation of Kafka REST and Schema Registry. Prior to version 6.0.0, there is a Path Traversal vulnerability in the backup reader (backup/backends/v3/backend.py). If a malicious backup file is provided to Karapace, an attacker may exploit insufficient path validation to perform arbitrary file read on the system where Karapace is running. The issue affects deployments that use the backup/restore functionality and process backups from untrusted sources. The impact depends on the file system permissions of the Karapace process. This issue has been patched in version 6.0.0.

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:aiven:karapace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

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Description Karapace is an open-source implementation of Kafka REST and Schema Registry. Prior to version 6.0.0, there is a Path Traversal vulnerability in the backup reader (backup/backends/v3/backend.py). If a malicious backup file is provided to Karapace, an attacker may exploit insufficient path validation to perform arbitrary file read on the system where Karapace is running. The issue affects deployments that use the backup/restore functionality and process backups from untrusted sources. The impact depends on the file system permissions of the Karapace process. This issue has been patched in version 6.0.0.
Title Karapace: Path Traversal in Backup Reader
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 9, 2026, 6:27 PM
Reserved
Mar 4, 2026, 2:44 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 7, 2026, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:29 AM