Description
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.
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-2026-105312 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2510863 issue-tracking