Kafka REST Proxy 7.6.0.400 (DEP 10.2.0) Release Notes

The notes below relate specifically to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Distribution for Apache Kafka.
Version 7.6.0.400
Release Date October 2026
HPE Version Interoperability See Ecosystem Pack Components and OS Support.
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/kafka-rest
GitHub Release Tag 7.6.0.400-dep-1020
Maven Artifacts https://repository.mapr.com/maven/
Package Names See Package Names for Ecosystem Packs (EEPs and DEPs)

New in This Release

Kafka REST Proxy 7.6.0.400 introduces the following enhancements or HPE platform-specific behavior changes:
  • Rebranding

Fixes

This HPE release includes the following fixes on the base release:

GitHub Commit Number

Date

(YYYY-MM-DD)

MapR Fix Number and Description
8c97ca3883 2026-10-12 KAFKA-1173 Fixing impersonation for ResourceExistenceChecker, Producer and Consumer instances
6d17e31c17 2026-08-05 KAFKA-1151 CVEs in Kafka REST
d6f31f838d 2026-07-28 KAFKA-1146 [Kafka REST] Upgrade avro and jetty to fix CVEs

For complete details, refer to the commit log for this project in GitHub.

Known Issues and Limitations

None.

Resolved Issues

None.