CVE•Published 2026-08-28•Modified 2026-09-01•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-82266
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
26
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 74% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Redpanda through 26.2.2 binds the Admin API to 0.0.0.0:9644 with admin_api_require_auth defaulting to false, treating unauthenticated requests as superusers. Attackers can reach port 9644 without credentials to create and delete broker accounts, modify cluster configuration, and disrupt partition replication.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-28
Modified 2026-09-01
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-82266Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-82266Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-82266Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-82266GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-82266" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-82266 on GitHub.