7.5high
CVE-2016-4985
OpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Also known as GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r, PYSEC-2026-646
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru resource.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | ironic | <4.2.5 >=5.0, <5.1.2 | 4.2.5 5.1.2 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- review.openstack.org /332197 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugs.launchpad.net /ironic/+bug/1572796 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- review.openstack.org /332195 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1378 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016:1377 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- review.openstack.org /332196 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4985 · advisory
- github.com /openstack/ironic/commit/426a306fb580762e97ada04e1253dedd9b64d410 · web
- github.com /openstack/ironic/commit/affec224977174581d19a2b914772cb0409f633e · web
- github.com /openstack/ironic/commit/f5a3ff1dfcde068769f9a2a477ba6a9edaf69c77 · web
- access.redhat.com /security/cve/CVE-2016-4985 · web
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1346193 · web
- github.com /openstack/ironic · package
- pypi.org /project/ironic · package
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r · advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-4985
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r
- NVD: CVE-2016-4985
- OSV: PYSEC-2026-646
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