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Low · 2.8 CVE-2025-44021 EUVD-2025-14023GHSA-q3m2-crgq-5p3qPYSEC-2025-38

OpenStack Ironic fails to restrict paths used for file:// image URLs

Published May 8, 2025 · Updated May 8, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack Ironic 24 – < 24.1.3, 25 – < 26.1.1, 27 – < 29.0.1 24.1.3

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ironic 1:29.0.0-6 —
Debian 13 ironic 1:29.0.0-6 —
Debian 12 ironic 1:21.1.0-3+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ironic No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI ironic < 24.1.3 24.1.3 GHSA-q3m2-crgq-5p3q
PyPI ironic >= 25.0.0, < 26.1.1 26.1.1 GHSA-q3m2-crgq-5p3q
PyPI ironic >= 27.0.0, < 29.0.1 29.0.1 GHSA-q3m2-crgq-5p3q
PyPI ironic < 24.1.3 · >= 25.0.0, < 26.1.1 · >= 27.0.0, < 29.0.1 24.1.3, 26.1.1, 29.0.1 PYSEC-2025-38

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