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CVE-2026-44918: OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project without authorization.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.40% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: OpenStack Ironic 29.0.6, 32.0.2, 35.0.2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to OpenStack Ironic 29.0.6, 32.0.2, 35.0.2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 10, 2026
Updated
Oct 25, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 35th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · mitre
5.5
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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • OpenStack Ironic

    • 27.0.0 and later · before 29.0.6affected · semver
    • 30.0.0 and later · before 32.0.2affected · semver
    • 33.0.0 and later · before 35.0.2affected · semver
    • 36.0.0 and later · before 37.0.1affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12ironicfrom 0—
Debian:13ironicbefore 1:29.0.5-0+deb13u31:29.0.5-0+deb13u3
Debian:14ironicbefore 1:35.0.1-81:35.0.1-8

Same product

openstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-54423In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, an Ironic user with the ability to deploy nodes using the IPMI management interface can maliciously use t
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-48681OpenStack Ironic through before 35.0.2 allows file overwrite via directory traversal during deployment with a crafted ISO image.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-50589In OpenStack Ironic 32 before 37.0.0, an unauthenticated malicious user could submit a crafted JSON string to some endpoints on the API or J
    30Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-44917Jun 4, 2026 · OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.2 allows a malicious authenticated project admin or manager to read local files on the Ironic conductor via a p
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-54421Jun 14, 2026 · In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, when applying a PATCH to update fields in volume properties the user is authorized for, Ironic can return
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-71201Aug 5, 2026 · In OpenStack Ironic through 38.0.0, a project reader that makes a crafted request to Ironic can return Portgroups assigned to Nodes owned or
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
OpenStack Ironic29.0.6Vendor (CNA)
OpenStack Ironic32.0.2Vendor (CNA)
OpenStack Ironic35.0.2Vendor (CNA)
OpenStack Ironic37.0.1Vendor (CNA)
debian:ironic1:29.0.5-0+deb13u3 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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