GHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5 — ironic
MEDIUMGHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) CWE-23 vulnerability in ironic. A fix is available for ironic — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenStack Ironic allows file overwrite via directory traversal during deployment with a crafted ISO image
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- 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 GHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 380,066 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
OpenStack Ironic through before 35.0.2 allows file overwrite via directory traversal during deployment with a crafted ISO image.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 17.0.0&&< 26.1.7 | 26.1.7pip install --upgrade 'ironic==26.1.7' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 27.0.0&&< 29.0.6 | 29.0.6pip install --upgrade 'ironic==29.0.6' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 30.0.0&&< 32.0.2 | 32.0.2pip install --upgrade 'ironic==32.0.2' |
| 🐍PyPI | ironic | ≥ 33.0.0&&< 35.0.2 | 35.0.2pip install --upgrade 'ironic==35.0.2' |
Affected Products
ironicopenstackDetection & 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 26.1.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-9v62-qx4c-44x5 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.