Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 4, 2026 10:45:14 UTC

CVE-2026-100300

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in the quota subsystem of Apache ZooKeeper allows an attacker able to write under the /zookeeper/quota subtree — unauthenticated on default deployments, where that subtree is world-writable — to crash the server's critical request-processing thread and render the on-disk data directory permanently unbootable. This issue affects Apache ZooKeeper up to and including 3.9.6. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.8.8 or 3.9.7, which fixes the issue.

Base score8.7/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsNoneAT

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityNoneVC

Vulnerable system integrityNoneVI

Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityapache

Last updatedNov 4, 2026 11:09:29 UTC

PublishedNov 4, 2026 10:45:14 UTC

ReservedSep 25, 2026 17:44:40 UTC

Credits

cunyi li <xiaoheihei1107@gmail.com>