Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust Affecting io.strimzi:strimzi package, versions [0.49.0,0.50.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-IOSTRIMZI-15369628
  • published3 Mar 2026
  • disclosed20 Feb 2026
  • creditJakub Scholz

Introduced: 20 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-27134  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-296  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade io.strimzi:strimzi to version 0.50.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust in the mTLS user authentication with multiple CA certificates. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by presenting a certificate signed by any certificate authority in the provided chain.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1