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🛡️ CVE-2026-46447 — ironic

🟡 CVSS 5.8 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-669 OSV
5.8
CVSS Score
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Description

OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.2 allows Boot Script Injection of an iPXE script if the attacker can set node.driver_info or node.instance_info.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-46447 is classified as CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource.

Affected software

CVE-2026-46447 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ironic (from 33.0.0 up to 35.0.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
security.openstack.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

ironic has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-669: Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres) in other software:

CVE-2026-46447 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-669
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-23

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ironic 33.0.0 35.0.2

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