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🛡️ CVE-2026-54421 on Ubuntu — ironic

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, when applying a PATCH to update fields in volume properties the user is authorized for, Ironic can return unredacted sensitive information (such as iSCSI credentials). The PATCH outcome is a security issue; the POST outcome is not a security issue.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-54421 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package ironic. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, 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 high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • 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: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54421 is classified as CWE-212: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information. Data is passed on without stripping sensitive fields that the recipient should not receive.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54421 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ironic

Timeline and source

Published on 14 June 2026 and last revised on 24 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
bugs.launchpad.net (Report)

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-212: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information) in other software:

CVE-2026-54421 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ironic

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