Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2026-54423

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Ironic from OpenStack. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ironicno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-54423
Debian:13ironic1:29.0.5-0+deb13u3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54423
Debian:14ironic1:35.0.1-8DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54423
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423
Ubuntu:25.10ironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423
Ubuntu:26.10ironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OpenStack Ironic 22.1.0 – before 29.0.630.0.0 – before 32.0.232.0.0 – before 35.0.236.0.0 – before 37.0.1

Weakness: CWE-424 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

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