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CVE-2025-44021

Published: May 8, 2025Updated: May 12, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
NVD MITRE
2.8CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

OpenStack Ironic before 29.0.1 can write unintended files to a target node disk during image handling (if a deployment was performed via the API). A malicious project assigned as a node owner can provide a path to any local file (readable by ironic-conductor), which may then be written to the target node disk. This is difficult to exploit in practice, because a node deployed in this manner should never reach the ACTIVE state, but it still represents a danger in environments running with non-default, insecure configurations such as with automated cleaning disabled. The fixed versions are 24.1.3, 26.1.1, and 29.0.1.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

IronicOpenStack
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
ironicPyPIOSS Libraries
openstackoss-projectUSCloud & SaaSaka openstack foundation
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2107847
bugs.launchpad.net
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2025-001.html
security.openstack.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/08/1
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
May 8, 2025
Last Updated
May 12, 2025

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