CVE-2026-55226

When deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator via the Kafka custom resource, the Entity Operator's ServiceAccount retains RBAC rights for both operators rather than scoping permissions to the one actually deployed. This allows the ServiceAccount to access KafkaUser custom...

GHSA-R427-J2H7-WV3M Strimzi: Unrestricted access to all Secrets within namespace watched by the Topic operator

Impact When only the Topic or only the User operators are deployed as part of the Entity Operator in the Kafka custom resource, the RBAC rights are not following the principle of least-privilege and the Entity Operator ServiceAccount still has access rights corresponding to both operators. That...

Strimzi: Cross-namespace privilege escalation via `Kafka.spec.entityOperator`

Impact Having the Topic and User operators to watch different namespaces than the one where the Kafka cluster is deployed, is a fully documented feature. When the watchedNamespace field is used within the Topic or User operator as part of the Kafka.spec.entityOperator field, the Cluster Operator...