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medium 6.3

CVE-2026-90461 json

OpenStack Ironic through 38.0.0 may send a username and password to an unexpected remote host when Image Service is configured for HTTP(S)…

published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-09 30 d ago also EUVD-2026-76751

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Ironic through 38.0.0 may send a username and password to an unexpected remote host when Image Service is configured for HTTP(S) Basic Authentication.

Patch / fix

  • ironic Debian 14 1:39.0.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90461

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-90461 updated cvss 6.3

ironic: OpenStack Ironic: Information disclosure via unexpected credential transmission

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openstack-ironic, openstack-ironic-api, python3-ironic-tests, openstack-ironic-common, openstack-ironic-conductor, openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 openstack-ironic, openstack-ironic-api, openstack-ironic-common, openstack-ironic-conductor, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-ironic-api, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-ironic-pxe, +3 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 openstack-ironic, openstack-ironic-api, openstack-ironic-common, openstack-ironic-conductor, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-ironic-api, rhosp-rhel9/openstack-ironic-pxe, +3 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-ironic, rhoso/openstack-ironic-api-rhel9, rhoso/openstack-ironic-pxe-rhel9, rhoso/openstack-ironic-base-rhel9, rhoso/openstack-ironic-conductor-rhel9, rhoso/openstack-ironic-inspector-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
55 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • OpenStack Ironic

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-923 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.