Apache patches 17 flaws in Pulsar and IoTDB, including a CVSS 10.0
The Apache Software Foundation disclosed 17 vulnerabilities on 21 October 2026: 13 in Pulsar and four in IoTDB. The top-scored CVE-2026-105944 (10.0) affects the end-of-life Pulsar Manager, so decommissioning is the only remediation. Pulsar fixes ship in 4.0.14 and 4.2.5.
- CVE-2026-105944 (10.0) in Pulsar Manager lets unauthenticated users steal admin credentials
- CVE-2026-105869 (9.2) bypasses auth via forged JWTs when anonymousUserRole is set
- Flaws rated 8.7–5.3 break tenant isolation in shadow topics, packages, proxying and truncation
- Pulsar Manager is end-of-life and will not be patched; decommissioning is advised
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