CVE-2026-24281

CVE-2026-24281: Apache ZooKeeper: Reverse-DNS fallback enables hostname verification bypass in ZooKeeper ZKTrustManager

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache ZooKeeper
Weakness CWE-350
Published March 7, 2026
Last update March 10, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

Description

Hostname verification in Apache ZooKeeper ZKTrustManager falls back to reverse DNS (PTR) when IP SAN validation fails, allowing attackers who control or spoof PTR records to impersonate ZooKeeper servers or clients with a valid certificate for the PTR name. It's important to note that attacker must present a certificate which is trusted by ZKTrustManager which makes the attack vector harder to exploit. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.8.6 or 3.9.5, which fixes this issue by introducing a new configuration option to disable reverse DNS lookup in client and quorum protocols.

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Disclosure timeline

March 7, 2026 CVE published
March 10, 2026 Record updated