Cause: Error in parsing the authentication configuration which did not detect we were using basic auth. Consequence: Enabling basic authentication in the broker's configmap would not enable basic authentication, causing the broker to revert to the default of bearer token authentication. At no time was the broker at risk because this bug simply caused the broker to default to a more secure mode of authentication. Fix: Fix the authentication configuration parser to recognize the basic authentication settings. Result: With this fix, enabling basic authentication in the configmap will now allow the broker to use this form of authentication.