Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-66623

Title: Strimzi Incorrect Kubernetes Role grants GET access to Secrets

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Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-66623.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Dec 05, 2025
Modified Date Mar 04, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-66623: Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. From 0.47.0 and prior to 0.49.1, in some situations, Strimzi creates an incorrect Kubernetes Role which grants the Apache Kafka Connect and Apache Kafka MirrorMaker 2 operands the GET access to all Kubernetes Secrets that exist in the given Kubernetes namespace. The issue is fixed in Strimzi 0.49.1.

Impacted Vendors

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linuxfoundation 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/commit/c8a14935e99c91eb0dd865431f46515da9f82ccc https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-xrhh-hx36-485q
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.4
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-66623 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.