{"id":"GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m","aliases":["GO-2026-5425"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m","summary":"Ironic Standalone Operator's controller modifies user-owned resources without consent","details":"## Impact\n\nThe Ironic Standalone Operator (IRSO) is the operator to maintain an Ironic deployment for Metal3. IRSO controller automatically adds its environment label to user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps without the resource owner's consent. A high-privilege controller modifying user-owned resources constitutes an unauthorized integrity violation. Deployments running IrSO v0.7.0 through v0.8.1 that reference user-provided Secrets or ConfigMaps (TLS certificates, BMC CA, trusted CA) are affected.\n\n## Patches\n\nFixed in v0.9.0, v0.8.2, v0.7.3. \n\n## Workarounds\n\nManually add the environment label (ironic-standalone-operator.metal3.io/environment) to all user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps before they are referenced in the Ironic resource. This prevents the controller from modifying them.\n\n## Resources\n\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665","published":"2026-05-29T18:23:34Z","modified":"2026-06-25T23:11:48.977423936Z","cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","fixedVersion":"0.7.3"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","fixedVersion":"0.8.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619","label":"metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator#619"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-06-25T23:11:48.977423936Z"}}