5.5

CVE-2026-44918: openstack ironic Missing Authorization

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44918DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44918
Published 10-07-2026Last modified 10-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44918 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in openstack ironic. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project without authorization.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ironicAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:29.0.5-0+deb13u3 | < 1:35.0.1-8
Openstack1 product
  • ironic≥ 27.0.0, < 29.0.6 | ≥ 30.0.0, < 32.0.2 | ≥ 33.0.0, < 35.0.2 | ≥ 36.0.0, < 37.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ironicAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links