Strimzi: Cross-namespace privilege escalation via `Kafka.spec.entityOperator`

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0029, the 22nd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-mw9r-p8xp-wx96
• OSV: GHSA-mw9r-p8xp-wx96
• github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-mw9r-p8xp-wx96
• github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.