{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-78166 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-78166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-78166 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in provectus kafka-ui, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-78166 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-78166 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in provectus kafka-ui, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-78166 exists.\n\nAffected product: provectus kafka-ui. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78166/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-78166","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78166/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-78166","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-332v-m8g2-mqf5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Kafka UI","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via Groovy injection in the Kafka UI smart filter test function.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-94","name":"Improper Control of Generation of Code"},{"id":"CWE-74","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component"}],"description":"A security flaw has been discovered in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. The affected element is the function executeSmartFilterTest of the file kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/controller/MessagesController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation results in code injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"provectus kafka-ui Groovy Code MessagesController.java executeSmartFilterTest code injection","id":"CVE-2026-78166","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"EFM ipTIME T16000M Session Validation httpcon_check_session_url improper authentication","id":"CVE-2026-78167"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Apache Camel: Camel-Spring-Redis Unfiltered Java Deserialization of Redis Payloads","id":"CVE-2026-78165"},"products":["kafka-ui"],"published":"2026-08-24","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-26","vendors":["provectus"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via Groovy injection in the Kafka UI smart filter test function.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78166/"}