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CVE-2025-66623

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-66623 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Strimzi versions 0.47.0 through 0.49.0, a tool for running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes/OpenShift. It allows Apache Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2 operands to gain unauthorized GET access to all Kubernetes Secrets within a given namespace due to an incorrectly configured Kubernetes Role. With a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no required user interaction, potentially leading to significant information disclosure. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.49.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:strimzi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.strimzi:strimziFixed in: 0.49.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-xrhh-hx36-485qhigh

Strimzi allows unrestricted access to all Secrets in the same Kubernetes namespace from Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2 operands

Dec 5, 2025
redhatCVE-2025-66623Important

strimzi-kafka-operator: Strimzi: Incorrect Kubernetes Role creation leads to unauthorized secret access

Dec 5, 2025

References

github.com / strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/commit/c8a14935e99c91eb0dd865431f46515da9f82ccc
Patch
github.com / strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-xrhh-hx36-485q
Vendor Advisory