A Kubernetes tenant with create permission on Console custom resources can set spec.containers.api.spec.image to an arbitrary container image. The operator deploys this image into a pod whose ServiceAccount is bound via ClusterRoleBinding to a ClusterRole granting cluster-wide get/list/watch on all Strimzi CRDs (including KafkaUsers), patch on Kafkas/KafkaRebalances, and cluster-monitoring-view. The attacker's code reads the projected SA token and gains cross-tenant Strimzi control-plane read+write access.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 6
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 16:06
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 17:17
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 11:30
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 15:03
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 11:30
- First seenCVSS 9.9NVD modified 2026-10-20 12:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
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