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[jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-3396) Unauthorized topics are returned to
the user
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3396?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Ismael Juma updated KAFKA-3396:
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Fix Version/s: 0.10.0.1
> Unauthorized topics are returned to the user
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> Key: KAFKA-3396
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3396
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: security
> Reporter: Grant Henke
> Assignee: Edoardo Comar
> Fix For: 0.10.0.1
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> Kafka's clients and protocol exposes unauthorized topics to the end user. This is often considered a security hole. To some, the topic name is considered sensitive information. Those that do not consider the name sensitive, still consider it more information that allows a user to try and circumvent security. Instead, if a user does not have access to the topic, the servers should act as if the topic does not exist.
> To solve this some of the changes could include:
> - The broker should not return a TOPIC_AUTHORIZATION(29) error for requests (metadata, produce, fetch, etc) that include a topic that the user does not have DESCRIBE access to.
> - A user should not receive a TopicAuthorizationException when they do not have DESCRIBE access to a topic or the cluster.
> - The client should not maintain and expose a list of unauthorized topics in org.apache.kafka.common.Cluster.
> Other changes may be required that are not listed here. Further analysis is needed.
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