CVE-2026-55225

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, an attacker who can create a Kafka custom resource can set Kafka.spec.entityOperator watchedNamespace to a target namespace, causing the Cluster...

CVE-2026-55226

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator through the Kafka custom resource leaves the Entity Operator ServiceAccount with RBAC...

EUVD-2026-78880

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator through the Kafka custom resource leaves the Entity Operator ServiceAccount with RBAC...

CVE-2026-55226 Strimzi: Unrestricted access to all Secrets within namespace watched by the Topic operator

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator through the Kafka custom resource leaves the Entity Operator ServiceAccount with RBAC...

CVE-2026-55226

CVE-2026-55226 is a least-privilege violation in Strimzi (the Apache Kafka operator for Kubernetes/OpenShift), affecting versions 1.0.0 and earlier . When only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator is deployed via the Kafka custom resource, the Entity Operator ServiceAccount retains RBAC p...

CVE-2026-55226 Strimzi: Unrestricted access to all Secrets within namespace watched by the Topic operator

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator through the Kafka custom resource leaves the Entity Operator ServiceAccount with RBAC...

CVE-2026-55225: Improper Privilege Management

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, an attacker who can create a Kafka custom resource can set Kafka.spec.entityOperator watchedNamespace to a target namespace, causing the Cluster...

CVE-2026-55226: Improper Privilege Management

Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. In Strimzi 1.0.0 and earlier, deploying only the Topic Operator or only the User Operator through the Kafka custom resource leaves the Entity Operator ServiceAccount with RBAC...

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...

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...