Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. From 0.47.0 to before 0.50.1, when a chain consisting of multiple CA (Certificate Authority) certificates is used in the trusted certificates configuration of a Kafka Connect operand or of the target cluster in the Kafka MirrorMaker 2 operand, all of the certificates that are part of the CA chain will be trusted individually when connecting to the Apache Kafka cluster. Due to this error, the affected operand (Kafka Connect or Kafka MirrorMaker 2) might accept connections to Kafka brokers using server certificates signed by one of the other CAs in the CA chain and not just by the last CA in the chain. This issue is fixed in Strimzi 0.50.1.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation strimzi Kafka Operator
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:strimzi_kafka_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation strimzi Kafka Operator

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First Time appeared Strimzi
Strimzi kafka-operator
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Strimzi kafka-operator

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Description Strimzi provides a way to run an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes or OpenShift in various deployment configurations. From 0.47.0 to before 0.50.1, when a chain consisting of multiple CA (Certificate Authority) certificates is used in the trusted certificates configuration of a Kafka Connect operand or of the target cluster in the Kafka MirrorMaker 2 operand, all of the certificates that are part of the CA chain will be trusted individually when connecting to the Apache Kafka cluster. Due to this error, the affected operand (Kafka Connect or Kafka MirrorMaker 2) might accept connections to Kafka brokers using server certificates signed by one of the other CAs in the CA chain and not just by the last CA in the chain. This issue is fixed in Strimzi 0.50.1.
Title Strimzi All CAs from CA chain will be trusted in Kafka Connect and Kafka MirrorMaker 2 target clusters
Weaknesses CWE-295
CWE-296
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-02-20T22:38:27.721Z

Updated: 2026-02-25T21:32:33.009Z

Reserved: 2026-02-17T18:42:27.044Z

Link: CVE-2026-27133

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-25T21:32:29.628Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-20T23:16:02.933

Modified: 2026-02-25T18:54:14.473

Link: CVE-2026-27133

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-20T22:38:27Z

Links: CVE-2026-27133 - Bugzilla