CVE-2026-5562 | provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2 Endpoint testexecutions validateAccess code injection

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in provectus kafka-ui up to 0.7.2. This impacts the function validateAccess of the file /api/smartfilters/testexecutions of the component Endpoint. The manipulation leads to code injection.

This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-5562. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.