Vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic (CVE-2026-54423)
Summary
Vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic (CVE-2026-54423). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, an Ironic user with the ability to deploy nodes using the IPMI management interface can maliciously use the send_raw step to send arbitrary IPMI commands to a node, bypassing Ironic's access control.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-54423 has been found in OpenStack Ironic.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 8.2/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OpenStack Ironic CVE-2026-54423" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-54423 (OpenStack Ironic) — CWE-424 / CVSS v3 8.2
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-424) exists in OpenStack Ironic.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OpenStack Ironic.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.2/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで OpenStack Ironic を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54423 ironic
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423 ironic
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web openwall.com
- web github.com