CVE-2026-44918
OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project without authorization.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Ironic allow bypass of administrative access and API restrictions, information disclosure, and arbitrary code execution through malformed images.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of OpenStack Ironic for baremetal server management and provisioning are affected.
- Urgency
- Patch immediately; these vulnerabilities enable administrative bypass and code execution, representing critical risk to infrastructure control.
- Action
- Update to the patched version specified in DSA-6445-1.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.33% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 26% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- unknownDSA-6445-1 ironic - security updatedebian · 2026-08-17
- mediumCVE-2026-44918: OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project …nvd · 2026-07-10
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