What is CVE-2026-71567?

CVE-2026-71567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openshift-Metal3 Fakefish, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-08-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-71567?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

RCE in Openshift-Metal3 Fakefish

CVE-2026-71567

In openshift-metal3/fakefish there is a repeated pattern in some of the scripts where shell variables are injected without quoting them either into command lines or into manifests. This mostly applies to the Image URL and BMC credentials (which are not verified by FakeFish).

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openshift-metal3 Fakefish — versions 0, 526550a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

74b3a70d-cca6-4d34-9789-e83b222ae3be (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71567?: CVE-2026-71567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openshift-Metal3 Fakefish, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-08-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-71567?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.