Is CVE-2025-66623 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-66623 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-12-08.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-66623?

CVE-2025-66623 has a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2025-66623?

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Which products are affected by CVE-2025-66623?

Affected products for CVE-2025-66623 are listed on this page once vendor data becomes available.

Fix CVE-2025-66623 - HIGH Vulnerability

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: adjacent network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-200 · Information Disclosure CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

Metadata

Primary Vendor: UNKNOWN
Published: 12/5/2025
Last Modified: 12/8/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

No affected products information available.

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2025-66623. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2025-66623

View on NIST NVD

CVE-2025-66623 vulnerability