Console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: tenant-controlled container image on clusterrole-bound pod enables namespace-to-cluster privilege escalation
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.
CVE-2026-105312
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-105312
StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka®
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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streams for Apache Kafka 2
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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streams for Apache Kafka 3
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka®",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0.2.0",
"lessThan": "0.12.10",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0.13.0",
"lessThan": "0.14.2",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageName": "console",
"collectionURL": "https://github.com/streamshub/console",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:amq_streams:2"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "streams for Apache Kafka 2",
"packageName": "console-operator",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:amq_streams:3"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "streams for Apache Kafka 3",
"packageName": "console-operator",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-105312
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Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #44800 · Revision 1
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