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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-105311 EUVD-2026-104963GHSA-h4vv-pfp4-5x34

Console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: cross-namespace kafkauser secret exfiltration via confused deputy

Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

The StreamsHub Console operator acts as a confused deputy: a Kubernetes tenant with permission to create a Console custom resource can set spec.kafkaClusters[].credentials.kafkaUser.namespace to any namespace. The operator, running with cluster-wide Secrets RBAC, reads the victim-namespace KafkaUser Secret (SASL credentials or TLS private keys) and writes the plaintext material into a Secret in the attacker's namespace. No same-namespace check or allowlist exists anywhere in the code path.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka® 0.2.0 – < 0.12.10, 0.13.0 – < 0.14.2 0.12.10
Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 2 — —
Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3 — —

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