CVE-2019-10141 — ironic-inspector
CRITICALCVE-2019-10141 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.1) SQL Injection vulnerability in ironic-inspector. A fix is available for ironic-inspector — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Openstack ironic-inspector has SQL injection vulnerability in node_cache
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2019-10141 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,333 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
A vulnerability was found in openstack-ironic-inspector all versions excluding 5.0.2, 6.0.3, 7.2.4, 8.0.3 and 8.2.1. A SQL-injection vulnerability was found in openstack-ironic-inspector's node_cache.find_node(). This function makes a SQL query using unfiltered data from a server reporting inspection results (by a POST to the /v1/continue endpoint). Because the API is unauthenticated, the flaw could be exploited by an attacker with access to the network on which ironic-inspector is listening. Because of how ironic-inspector uses the query results, it is unlikely that data could be obtained. However, the attacker could pass malicious data and create a denial of service.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | ironic-inspector | all versions | 5.0.2pip install --upgrade 'ironic-inspector==5.0.2' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic-inspector | ≥ 5.1.0&&< 6.0.3 | 6.0.3pip install --upgrade 'ironic-inspector==6.0.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic-inspector | ≥ 6.1.0&&< 7.2.4 | 7.2.4pip install --upgrade 'ironic-inspector==7.2.4' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic-inspector | ≥ 8.0.0&&< 8.0.3 | 8.0.3pip install --upgrade 'ironic-inspector==8.0.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic-inspector | ≥ 8.1.0&&< 8.2.1 | 8.2.1pip install --upgrade 'ironic-inspector==8.2.1' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for ironic-inspector, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update ironic-inspector to 5.0.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-10141 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2019-10141 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2019-10141. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) | openstack-ironic-inspector-0:4.2.2-6.el7ost | RHSA-2019:1722 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) | openstack-ironic-inspector-0:7.2.3-3.el7ost | RHSA-2019:1734 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) | openstack-ironic-inspector-0:8.0.3-0.20190420013817.el7ost | RHSA-2019:1669 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka) director | openstack-ironic-inspector-0:3.2.2-5.el7ost | RHSA-2019:2505 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2019-10141 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2019-10141 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.