CVE-2026-105311Console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: cross-namespace kafkauser secret exfiltration via confused deputy
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, higher than 22% of scored CVEs.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-441
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.30% (percentile 22)
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 20, 2026
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