🛡️ CVE-2026-44919 — ironic

🟡 CVSS 4.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-696 NVD
4.3
CVSS Score
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Description

OpenStack Ironic: Pre-Validation Checksum Calculation allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Infinite Block Devices

In OpenStack Ironic through 35.x before a3f6d73, during image handling, an infinite loop in checksum calculations can occur via the file:///dev/zero URL.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44919 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • ironic
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2026 and last revised on 20 July 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
opendev.org (Package)
opendev.org (Web)
security.openstack.org (Web)

CVE-2026-44919 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-696
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-20

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ironic — —
unknown — —

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