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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2026-71566 EUVD-2026-60205

KubeVirt backend is not authenticated

Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by redhat-cnalr

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openshift-metal3 fakefish — —

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