Hi Luke,

I don't think Kafka uses the ClassUtils.getClass() method from Commons
so it shouldn't be impacted by this CVE.
That said, I'm planning to do another RC on Monday, so if you can get
the dependency update merged in 4.1 by then I'll include it.

Thanks,
Mickael

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mickael,
>
> Since we're going to have a new RC, do you think this KAFKA-19520
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19520> should be included in
> v4.1.0?
>
> Thanks.
> Luke
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM Lucas Brutschy
> <lbruts...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mickael,
> >
> > done.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lucas
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Lucas,
> > >
> > > Ok, let me know once you're done.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mickael
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM Lucas Brutschy
> > > <lbruts...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Mickael,
> > > >
> > > > we have been seeing a race condition happening in the initialization
> > > > of the state updater. We'd like to revert 4d6cf3efef
> > > > which changed the initialization of the state updater and is anyway
> > > > linked to KAFKA-18913 that was moved to 4.2.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if you accept the change.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Lucas
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM Paolo Patierno <
> > paolo.patie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Jun,
> > > > > oh yes sorry!! It's NOW fixed :-D Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 at 18:38, Jun Rao <j...@confluent.io.invalid>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi, Paolo,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I guess that you mean the metadata version
> > issue is
> > > > > > NOW fixed, instead of NOT fixed?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jun
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM Paolo Patierno <
> > paolo.patie...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > I already did on the PR but let me confirm here as well that the
> > metadata
> > > > > > > version issues is not fixed, I was able to test it locally
> > within our
> > > > > > > Strimzi unit tests.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Paolo
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Twitter : @ppatierno <http://twitter.com/ppatierno>
> > > > > > > Linkedin : paolopatierno <
> > http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno>
> > > > > > > GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2025, 17:43 Mickael Maison, <
> > mickael.mai...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi Chia-Ping,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Sure, thanks
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Mickael
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <
> > chia7...@apache.org>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > hi Mickael
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm going to merge the patch for
> > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19427. The bug
> > could lead
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > an OOM in 4.x. The risk is low since the patch is small.
> > Hence, I plan
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > backport it to 4.1.0 if you agree to accept it.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > > > Chia-Ping
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 2025/07/15 08:43:40 Mickael Maison wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Bill,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yes you can go ahead and backport that to 4.1.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > Mickael
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM Bill Bejeck <
> > bbej...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mickael,
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I've found another blocker as well KAFKA-19504
> > > > > > > > > > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19504>,
> > and we
> > > > > > have a
> > > > > > > > PR (
> > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/20166).
> > > > > > > > > > > While this is not a blocker in the strict sense, it's
> > severe
> > > > > > enough
> > > > > > > > that we
> > > > > > > > > > > shouldn't let this ship as is.  It's minor change with
> > very low
> > > > > > > risk.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM Jun Rao
> > <j...@confluent.io.invalid
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Paolo,
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for identifying the issue. We now have a PR (
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/20137) to bump
> > up the
> > > > > > > latest
> > > > > > > > > > > > production metadata version.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Jun
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM Paolo Patierno <
> > > > > > > > paolo.patie...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I think I found something which could be a blocker
> > for the
> > > > > > > > release.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I was adding the support for Apache Kafka 4.1.0 to
> > Strimzi
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > running
> > > > > > > > > > > > our
> > > > > > > > > > > > > tests but some of them are failing with the
> > following error.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Version 4.1 is
> > not a
> > > > > > valid
> > > > > > > > version.
> > > > > > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > minimum version is 3.3-IV3 and the maximum version
> > is 4.2-IV1
> > > > > > > > > > > > >      at
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > org.apache.kafka.server.common.MetadataVersion.lambda$fromVersionString$0(MetadataVersion.java:356)
> > > > > > > > > > > > >      at
> > > > > > > > java.base/java.util.Optional.orElseThrow(Optional.java:403)
> > > > > > > > > > > > >      at
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > org.apache.kafka.server.common.MetadataVersion.fromVersionString(MetadataVersion.java:354)
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > In these tests we use the MetadataVersion class to
> > verify the
> > > > > > > > validity of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata but it fails when passing something like
> > "4.1"
> > > > > > (while
> > > > > > > > they work
> > > > > > > > > > > > > just fine with all previous releases, i.e. "4.0",
> > "3.9" and
> > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > on).
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The exception, thrown by the fromVersionString
> > method, seems
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > related
> > > > > > > > > > > > > to "4.1" missing as key entry within the
> > IBP_VERSIONS map and
> > > > > > > > such entry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > seems to be missing because, if you go through the
> > static
> > > > > > > > initialization
> > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the IBP_VERSIONS map, the "4.1" entry is not added
> > due to the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > metadataVersion.isProduction() which results false
> > for "4.1"
> > > > > > > > because the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > LATEST_PRODUCTION constant is defined as IBP_4_0_IV3
> > while I
> > > > > > > > would assume
> > > > > > > > > > > > > should be something like IBP_4_1_IV1 instead.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I think this issue wasn't caught during Kafka
> > upstream
> > > > > > testing
> > > > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > MetadataVersionTest.testFromVersionString is missing
> > the test
> > > > > > > > for "4.1"
> > > > > > > > > > > > (as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > we have for all other versions). So it's missing
> > something
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > assertEquals(IBP_4_1_IV1,
> > > > > > > > MetadataVersion.fromVersionString("4.1"));
> > > > > > > > > > > > >          assertEquals(IBP_4_1_IV0,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > MetadataVersion.fromVersionString("4.1-IV0"));
> > > > > > > > > > > > >          assertEquals(IBP_4_1_IV1,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > MetadataVersion.fromVersionString("4.1-IV1"));
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's add that this issue seems to break the storage
> > tool
> > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > you can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > pass the --release-version, but if you run it by
> > passing
> > > > > > "4.1"
> > > > > > > > you get
> > > > > > > > > > > > > exactly the same exception.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >  > bin/kafka-storage.sh format --standalone -t
> > > > > > > > kEzc4vk3TIKhCQKsh40klQ -c
> > > > > > > > > > > > > config/server.properties --release-version 4.1
> > > > > > > > > > > > >  Exception in thread "main"
> > > > > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
> > > > > > > > Version
> > > > > > > > > > > > 4.1
> > > > > > > > > > > > > is not a valid version. The minimum version is
> > 3.3-IV3 and
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > maximum
> > > > > > > > > > > > > version is 4.2-IV1
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Finally, I would add that the error message itself is
> > > > > > > misleading
> > > > > > > > as it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mentions 4.2-IV1 as maximum version which would not
> > exist at
> > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > if you
> > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > dealing with a 4.1 release. This misleading message
> > should be
> > > > > > > > related to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > MetadataVersion.latestTesting() method which is
> > getting last
> > > > > > > > value from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > VERSIONS which is filled with all MetadataVersion
> > enums
> > > > > > > > including the 4.2
> > > > > > > > > > > > > placeholders (which AFAIU is actually a new
> > practice). All of
> > > > > > > > that has
> > > > > > > > > > > > also
> > > > > > > > > > > > > an impact on the ClusterTest annotation class as
> > well as
> > > > > > > > > > > > FeatureCommandTest
> > > > > > > > > > > > > messages to be assert. So that 4.2 seems to be there
> > on
> > > > > > purpose
> > > > > > > > but not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > sure why.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I would be happy to contribute about the first issue
> > which
> > > > > > > > raises the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > exception. Not sure about the misleading error
> > message
> > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > of the
> > > > > > > > > > > > usage
> > > > > > > > > > > > > of the 4.2 placeholders within the VERSIONS
> > collection.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Paolo Patierno
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [VOTE] 4.1.0 RC0
> > > > > > > > > > > > > To: dev <dev@kafka.apache.org>, Users <
> > > > > > us...@kafka.apache.org
> > > > > > > >,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > kafka-clients <kafka-clie...@googlegroups.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache
> > Kafka
> > > > > > 4.1.0.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The release brings many new features and
> > improvements:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Mechanism for plugin to register metrics
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Allow running multiple versions of connector
> > plugins
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Queue are now in preview access
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - New Streams rebalance protocol in early access
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Support for OAuth jwt-bearer grant type
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Improved metadata replication
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Release notes for the 4.1.0 release:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Monday July 21
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign
> > the
> > > > > > > release:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and
> > binary):
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.0-rc0/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > apache/kafka:4.1.0-rc0
> > > > > > > > > > > > > apache/kafka-native:4.1.0-rc0
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Javadoc:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.0-rc0/javadoc/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.1 branch) is the 4.1.0
> > tag:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.1.0-rc0
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Documentation:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html
> > > > > > > > > > > > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702)
> > is not
> > > > > > > > merged yet
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Protocol:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html
> > > > > > > > > > > > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702)
> > is not
> > > > > > > > merged yet
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.1 branch:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Unit/integration tests:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16198079614
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * System tests results:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - core:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JLpFBFbPV1N6cdh9EA9TGw9S5SZwkIpv/view?usp=drive_link
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - non-core:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/15jCnTS-dssSHauW7uWxroiupkWaeUK7A/view?usp=drive_link
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I got 2 failures in the system tests:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > 'tests/kafkatest/tests/client/consumer_test.py::OffsetValidationTest.test_broker_rolling_bounce@
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > {"metadata_quorum":"ISOLATED_KRAFT","group_protocol":"classic"}'
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > 'tests/kafkatest/tests/core/network_degrade_test.py::NetworkDegradeTest.test_rate@
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > {"task_name":"rate-1000-latency-50","device_name":"eth0","latency_ms":50,"rate_limit_kbit":1000000,"metadata_quorum":"COMBINED_KRAFT"}'
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline
> > for 4.1
> > > > > > > branch:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM):
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16172687407/
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native):
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16220242161
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Note:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > As described in the release thread, the native image
> > > > > > > > configuration
> > > > > > > > > > > > > files had to be updated. I'm not able to run the
> > full system
> > > > > > > test
> > > > > > > > > > > > > suite with the GraalVM agent to generate the new
> > > > > > configuration
> > > > > > > > files.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke has kindly run a few commands to produce a fix
> > to the
> > > > > > > config
> > > > > > > > > > > > > files. I validated that the kafka-native:4.1.0-rc0
> > image
> > > > > > passes
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > quickstart (clients, connect and streams), but as
> > that image
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > only
> > > > > > > > > > > > > for development, I've not tested it any further.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Also all the other release artifacts were generated
> > before
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > fix to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the native image configuration files was merged. As
> > these
> > > > > > files
> > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > not part of any of the other release artifacts and
> > as this is
> > > > > > > > rc0, I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > deemed that acceptable.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Mickael
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Paolo Patierno
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat**CNCF
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Paolo Patierno
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat**CNCF
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> > > > > Paolo Patierno
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> > > > > *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat**CNCF Ambassador*
> > > > > *Microsoft MVP on **Azure*
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> > > > > Twitter : @ppatierno <http://twitter.com/ppatierno>
> > > > > Linkedin : paolopatierno <http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno>
> > > > > GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno>
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