GitHub user datalorax opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/3061
KAFKA-5246: Remove backdoor that allows any client to produce to internal topics removing unused `AdminUtils.AdminClientId`, as its a security hole. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/datalorax/kafka remove_admin_utils__admin_client_id Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/3061.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #3061 ---- commit 8aaaac3b57b4f3fb17012348bf02543b472edde8 Author: Andy Coates <andy.coa...@apple.com> Date: 2017-05-15T20:14:52Z KAFKA-5246: remove unused `AdminUtils.AdminClientId`, as its unused and a security hole. ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---