Is CVE-2025-66623 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-66623 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-66623?

CVE-2025-66623 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

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

CVE-2025-66623 has an EPSS score of 0.19% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-66623?

Upgrade strimzi to 0.49.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-66623

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-200Information Exposure CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

strimziNVD

Affected:< 0.49.1Fixed in:0.49.1CVE-2025-66623derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-04.