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
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-105311 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2510875 issue-tracking