CVE-2026-552258.0HighCWE-269

CVE-2026-55225: Strimzi: Cross-namespace privilege escalation via `Kafka.spec.entityOperator`

strimzi · strimzi-kafka-operator

Vendor fix available · Affected: strimzi-kafka-operator · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

22nd percentile

050100

Higher than 22% of scored CVEs

8.0HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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 Operator to create a Role with full Secret CRUD permissions there and bind it to the Entity Operator ServiceAccount in the attacker's namespace. The attacker can mint a token for that ServiceAccount and read or write Secrets in any target namespace where the Cluster Operator has been granted permissions, regardless of STRIMZI_NAMESPACE. This issue is fixed in versions 1.0.1 and 1.1.0.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

strimzi · strimzi-kafka-operator< 1.0.1

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Privilege Management · Access Control
Vendor: strimzi
Published: September 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), September 2026

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