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critical 9.3

CVE-2026-71566 json

KubeVirt backend is not authenticated

published 2mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-60205 , GHSA-qpfr-jqjq-v83w

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository openshift-metal3/fakefish. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FakeFish handles incoming credentials by passing them down to scripts. This works for real hardware because in the end it's up to the BMC to validate them. However, KubeVirt relies on a KUBECONFIG file mounted to the container and completely ignores the credentials. This allows any user of the cluster to control VMs of the user that created fakefish, power them on and off, and mount arbitrary CD images to them.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

  • openshift-metal3 fakefish

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of openshift-metal3/fakefish published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.