CVE-2024-47211 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in ironic. A fix is available for ironic — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenStack Ironic fails to verify checksums of supplied image_source URLs
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-47211.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
In OpenStack Ironic before 21.4.4, 22.x and 23.x before 23.0.3, 23.x and 24.x before 24.1.3, and 25.x and 26.x before 26.1.0, there is a lack of checksum validation of supplied image_source URLs when configured to convert images to a raw format for streaming.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 25.0.0&&< 26.1.1 | 26.1.1pip install --upgrade 'ironic==26.1.1' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 23.1.0&&< 24.1.3 | 24.1.3pip install --upgrade 'ironic==24.1.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 22.0.0&&< 23.0.3 | 23.0.3pip install --upgrade 'ironic==23.0.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for ironic, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update ironic to 26.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-47211 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.
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.
This vulnerability is classified as moderate severity rather than important because it requires a specific set of conditions for exploitation. An attacker must have access to the image source and be positioned to intercept or modify images during their transmission, which limits the attack surface to environments with…
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2024-47211 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9:v4.16.0-202410221305.p0.g38becaa.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:8415 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9:v4.17.0-202410161235.p0.g90a9bc5.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:8229 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | openshift4/aws-kms-encryption-provider-rhel9:v4.18.0-202501230001.p0.g088dcaf.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2024:6122 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 | openstack-ironic-1:17.1.1-17.1.20241122190825.c31db88.el9ost | RHSA-2025:3482 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 | openstack-ironic-1:21.4.5-18.0.20241207142602.9213ccd.el9ost | RHSA-2025:0439 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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