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Improper permission for APPLYBATCH command in Apache Kvrocks

IdentifiersCVE-2026-41566CWE-280

CVE-2026-41566 is a critical privilege-handling vulnerability in Apache Kvrocks affecting versions 2.8.0 through 2.15.0, with the issue specifically described as improper permission handling for the APPLYBATCH command. The advisory characterizes the flaw as improper handling of insufficient permissions or privileges, indicating that authorization checks for APPLYBATCH are missing, incomplete, or incorrectly enforced. As a result, a remote attacker may be able to invoke APPLYBATCH in circumstances where the configured privilege model should deny access.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can allow a remote attacker to bypass intended authorization restrictions on the APPLYBATCH command. Given the published severity and the stated high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, exploitation may permit unauthorized batch operations against Kvrocks data, potentially resulting in unauthorized data access, modification, deletion, or service disruption, depending on how APPLYBATCH is used in the target deployment.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict network access to Kvrocks instances to trusted clients and administrative networks only, minimize exposure of the service to untrusted users, and review or disable use paths that permit invocation of APPLYBATCH where operationally feasible. Apply least-privilege access controls and monitor for unexpected or unauthorized APPLYBATCH usage until the fixed version can be deployed.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Apache Kvrocks to version 2.16.0 or later. The vendor advisory states that version 2.16.0 fixes the improper permission handling affecting the APPLYBATCH command.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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Apache Software FoundationKvrocksapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-41566
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41566
MITRE CWE · CWE-280
cwe.mitre.org