8.2

CVE-2026-54423: openstack ironic Improper Protection of Alternate Path

CVSS: 8.2v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54423DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54423
Published 10-07-2026Last modified 10-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-54423 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Improper Protection of Alternate Path vulnerability in openstack ironic. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 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

In OpenStack Ironic before 37.0.1, an Ironic user with the ability to deploy nodes using the IPMI management interface can maliciously use the send_raw step to send arbitrary IPMI commands to a node, bypassing Ironic's access control.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.18 pp

From 0.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

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≥ 22.1.0, < 29.0.6 | ≥ 30.0.0, < 32.0.2 | ≥ 32.0.0, < 35.0.2 | ≥ 36.0.0, < 37.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ironicAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links