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CVE-2026-42997VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 (openstack-ironic) security update

Affects Red Hat openstack-ironicSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-42997· High 7.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.7 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/openstack-ironicpkg:rpm/redhat/openstack-ironicOther threatsAffected
  • =21.4.5-18.0.20260616204937
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSironicpkg:deb/ubuntu/ironic?arch=source&distro=xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1 – 1:5.1.2-0ubuntu1
4 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSironicpkg:deb/ubuntu/ironic?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 1:9.1.0-0ubuntu2 – 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu2
6 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSironicpkg:deb/ubuntu/ironic?arch=source&distro=focalOther threatsAffected
  • 1:13.0.1-0ubuntu1 – 1:15.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
7 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSironicpkg:deb/ubuntu/ironic?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • 1:18.2.0-0ubuntu1 – 1:20.1.0-0ubuntu1.3
8 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSironicpkg:deb/ubuntu/ironic?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 1:23.0.0-0ubuntu3 – 1:24.1.1-0ubuntu1.3
6 affected builds
Fixed in–

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Description

Ironic is a project which aims to provision bare metal (as opposed to virtual) machines by leveraging common technologies such as PXE boot and IPMI to cover a wide range of hardware, while supporting pluggable drivers to allow vendor-specific functionality to be added. Security Fix(es): * Ironic: OpenStack Ironic: Information disclosure via credential forwarding during mold import (CVE-2026-42997) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section.

References

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