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CVE-2016-4985

The ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowled...

Published: Jul 12, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.8%
Top 15.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

OpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

ironicPyPIOSS Libraries
openstackredhat
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
openstack ironiccanonical
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4985
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/426a306fb580762e97ada04e1253dedd9b64d410
github.com
https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/affec224977174581d19a2b914772cb0409f633e
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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