{"id":"CVE-2026-41081","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Apache Storm Client: Anonymous principal assigned on TLS client certificate verification failure","description":"Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm\n\nVersions Affected: up to 2.8.7\n\nDescription: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. The underlying SSLPeerUnverifiedException is caught and suppressed rather than rejecting the connection.\n\nThis fail-open behavior means an unauthenticated client can establish a TLS connection and receive a valid principal identity. If the configured authorizer (e.g., SimpleACLAuthorizer) does not explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS, this may result in unauthorized access to Storm services. The condition is logged at debug level only, reducing visibility in production.\n\nImpact: Unauthenticated clients may be assigned a principal identity, potentially bypassing authorization in permissive or misconfigured environments.\n\nMitigation: Users should upgrade to 2.8.7 in which TLS authentication failures are handled in a fail-closed manner.\n\nUsers who cannot upgrade immediately should:\n- Enable mandatory client certificate authentication (nimbus.thrift.tls.client.auth.required: true)\n- Ensure authorization rules explicitly deny access to CN=ANONYMOUS\n- Review all ACL configurations for implicit default-allow behavior","publishedAt":"2026-04-27T13:10:45.886Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-27T14:43:31.605Z","severity":{"score":6.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"apache","products":["Apache Software Foundation Apache Storm Client"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","product":"Apache Storm Client","packageName":"org.apache.storm:storm-client","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"2.8.7","versionType":"semver"}],"collectionURL":"https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/"}],"references":["https://lists.apache.org/thread/plxx5l29dvplk5rwzdcq53rdfl6v4gs8","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/25/3"],"weaknesses":["CWE-287"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:11:57.932Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41081.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-41081","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-04-27T13:10:45.886Z","dateUpdated":"2026-04-27T14:43:31.605Z","assignerShortName":"apache","assignerOrgId":"f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09","dateReserved":"2026-04-16T17:22:43.617Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Apache Storm Client: Anonymous principal assigned on TLS client certificate verification failure","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Improper Handling of TLS Client Authentication Failure Leading to Anonymous Principal Assignment in Apache Storm\n\nVersions Affected: up to 2.8.7\n\nDescription: When TLS transport is enabled in Apache Storm without requiring client certificate authentication (the default configuration), the TlsTransportPlugin assigns a fallback principal (CN=ANONYMOUS) if no client certificate is presented or if certificate verification fails. 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