Critical Privilege escalation

CVE-2026-105312 — 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.

Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: redhat

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

Technical severity (critical)+10

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

—

No EPSS score.

Affects

Red Hat

streams for Apache Kafka 2 and 2 more

CVSS base

9.9

Critical · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 2, Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3, Red Hat StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka®).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (privilege escalation), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Red Hat	streams for Apache Kafka 2	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Red Hat	streams for Apache Kafka 3	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Red Hat	StreamsHub Console for Apache Kafka®	≥ 0.2.0 and < 0.12.10≥ 0.13.0 and < 0.14.2	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
9.9	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.1	6.0	secalert@redhat.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.9	CVSS 3.1	Critical	—	—	redhat via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L (score shown at the top: secalert@redhat.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 20, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Source status changed · Received → Awaiting Analysis
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · red hat/streamshub console for apache kafka®, red hat/streams for apache kafka 2, red hat/streams for apache kafka 3
Oct 20, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 20, 2026
CVSS changed · 9.9
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Received
Oct 20, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 20, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
CVE published
Oct 20, 2026 · redhat

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× References added · Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026
1× Official description updated · Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026

References

2 on the record

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-105312
vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Red Hat
every CVE for this vendor

Privilege escalation
same class

CWE-269
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-105941 Kroxylicious-kms-provider-azure-key-vault-kms: streams for apache kafka kroxylicious: azure key vault ssrf exfiltrates bearer token via untrusted edek vaultname 17h
High CVE-2026-105311 Console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: cross-namespace kafkauser secret exfiltration via confused deputy 18h
High CVE-2026-105949 Cruise-control: streams for apache kafka cruise control: authentication bypass via extra path segment allows unauthenticated access to all admin endpoints 18h
Medium CVE-2026-96740 Streamshub/console: console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: unfiltered kafka client properties → sa-token exfiltration via config.providers 22d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No FIRST EPSS score.
No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-105312 is "Console-operator: streams for apache kafka console: tenant-controlled container image on clusterrole-bound pod enables namespace-to-cluster privilege escalation", rated Critical. It affects streams for Apache Kafka 2 (Red Hat); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.9 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

Comments

Moderated technical discussion. Read the community guidelines.

No comments yet.