CVE-2025-58181 Affecting kafka_exporter package, versions <1.9.0-r40


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-KAFKAEXPORTER-14092160
  • published22 Nov 2025
  • disclosed19 Nov 2025

Introduced: 19 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-58181  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard kafka_exporter to version 1.9.0-r40 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kafka_exporter package and not the kafka_exporter package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

SSH servers parsing GSSAPI authentication requests do not validate the number of mechanisms specified in the request, allowing an attacker to cause unbounded memory consumption.