Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2026-44918

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ironicno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-44918
Debian:13ironic1:29.0.5-0+deb13u3DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44918
Debian:14ironic1:35.0.1-8DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44918
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918
Ubuntu:25.10ironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918
Ubuntu:26.10ironicno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OpenStack Ironic 27.0.0 – before 29.0.630.0.0 – before 32.0.233.0.0 – before 35.0.236.0.0 – before 37.0.1

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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