CVE-2026-44917

OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.2 allows a malicious authenticated project admin or manager to read local files on the Ironic conductor via a pxe_template.

Published: 2026-06-04 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-44917 is rated Low Risk (27.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-44917

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.29% +0.27%
2 2026-06-04 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-44917

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-44917

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-44917

GHSA-3g4p-c74p-mh7x · Severity: medium — OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.2 allows a malicious authenticated project admin or manager to read...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-44917

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-44917 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ironic), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44917
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-44917 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ironic), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, upstream): needs-triage 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44917

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-44917

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack ironic >= 17.0.0, < 26.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:ironic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack ironic >= 27.0.0, < 29.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:ironic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack ironic >= 30.0.0, < 32.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:ironic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack ironic >= 33.0.0, < 35.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:ironic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-44917

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