Description
Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.
Apache Kafka is designed to be accessed by trusted clients inside trusted environments. It's not recommended to have Apache Kafka service publicly accessible.
Remediation
It's recommended to restrict access to this service in production systems.
References
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