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...

Least Privilege Violation

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Least Privilege Violation in the process responsible for assigning RBAC rights to the Entity Operator ServiceAccount. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive custom resources and secrets by exploiting excessive permissions...

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...

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...

Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unintended Proxy or Intermediary 'Confused Deputy' via the Kafka.spec.entityOperator process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to read and modify secrets in other namespaces by crafting a custom resource with the watchedNamespac...

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...

GHSA-MW9R-P8XP-WX96 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...

CVE-2026-55225

When the Strimzi cluster operator is deployed with watchAnyNamespace=true or a multi-namespace list, any namespace editor can set Kafka.spec.entityOperator.userOperator.watchedNamespace or topicOperator.watchedNamespace to an arbitrary namespace. The cluster operator then creates a Role granting...

PT-2026-50541

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...

PT-2026-50540

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...

CLEANSTART-2026-YX54699 race condition in the Apache Kafka Java producer client’s buffer pool management can cause messages to be silently delivered to incorrect topics

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. A race condition in the Apache Kafka Java producer client’s buffer pool management can cause messages to be silently delivered to incorrect topics. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-RG24361 Security fixes for CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq, ghsa-cphf-4846-3xx9 applied in versions: 0.50.0-r0, 0.51.0-r0

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-GQ14179 Security fixes for CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2025-53864, CVE-2025-55163, CVE-2025-58056, CVE-2025-58057, CVE-2025-67735, CVE-2025-68161, CVE-2026-1002, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq applied in versions: 0.46.1-r3, 0.46.1-r4

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-IA43044 Security fixes for CVE-2020-8908, CVE-2022-42889, CVE-2023-2976, CVE-2024-25710, CVE-2024-26308, CVE-2024-29371, CVE-2024-29857, CVE-2024-30171, CVE-2024-31573, CVE-2024-47554, CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2025-12383, CVE-2025-48734, CVE-2025-48924, CVE-2025-58057, CVE-2025-67735, CVE-2025-68161, CVE-2025-8916, CVE-2026-1002, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq applied in versions: 0.47.0-r2, 0.47.0-r3

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-DC73689 Security fixes for CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2025-67735, CVE-2025-68161, CVE-2026-1002, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq applied in versions: 0.48.0-r1

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-GM79879 Security fixes for CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2025-68161, CVE-2026-1002, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq applied in versions: 0.49.1-r0

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CLEANSTART-2026-DS86833 Security fixes for CVE-2025-11143, CVE-2026-1605, ghsa-72hv-8253-57qq, ghsa-cphf-4846-3xx9 applied in versions: 0.50.0-r0, 0.50.1-r0

Multiple security vulnerabilities affect the strimzi-kafka-operator package. These issues are resolved in later releases. See references for individual vulnerability details...

CVE-2026-1605 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: akhq, confluent-kafka, solr, dependency-track, apache-pulsar, druid, trino, strimzi-kafka-operator, kafka...

GHSA-XXH7-FCF3-RJ7F vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: akhq, confluent-kafka, solr, dependency-track, apache-pulsar, druid, trino, strimzi-kafka-operator, kafka...

GHSA-XXH7-FCF3-RJ7F vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: apache-hop, apache-jena-fuseki, kafka-fips, trino, apache-pulsar, dependency-track, apache-pulsar-fips, dependency-track-apiserver, druid, kafka, strimzi-kafka-operator, solr, confluent-kafka-jre-bcfips, confluent-kafka, jenkins, neo4j, apache-hop-fips, akhq...