{
    "id": "CVE-2021-22160",
    "published": "2021-05-26 13:15:07",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:36:43",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-347",
    "description": "If Apache Pulsar is configured to authenticate clients using tokens based on JSON Web Tokens (JWT), the signature of the token is not validated if the algorithm of the presented token is set to \"none\". This allows an attacker to connect to Pulsar instances as any user (incl. admins).",
    "epss_score": "0.52926",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98945",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:29",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 52.9% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "pulsar"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
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        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r347650d15a3e9c5f58b83e918b6ad6dedc2a63d3eb63da8e6a7be87e%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8e545559781231a83bf0644548c660255859e52feb86bbfcd42590da%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a12b4da2f26ce9b8f7e7117a879efaa973dab7e54717bbc7923fab1%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe845aa1573a61769b9c5916c62971f4b10de87c2ea5f38a97f0cf84%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca54f4b26ba5e6f2e39732b47ec51640e89f57e3b6a38ac3bab314df%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2e90942996dceebac8296abf39257cfeb5ae918f82f7af3d37a48c5%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r347650d15a3e9c5f58b83e918b6ad6dedc2a63d3eb63da8e6a7be87e%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8e545559781231a83bf0644548c660255859e52feb86bbfcd42590da%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a12b4da2f26ce9b8f7e7117a879efaa973dab7e54717bbc7923fab1%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe845aa1573a61769b9c5916c62971f4b10de87c2ea5f38a97f0cf84%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca54f4b26ba5e6f2e39732b47ec51640e89f57e3b6a38ac3bab314df%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2e90942996dceebac8296abf39257cfeb5ae918f82f7af3d37a48c5%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E"
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