CVE-2026-42997An issue was discovered in idrac in OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.1. During import, a user invoking molds can request authorization to be…
- 7.7HighCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An issue was discovered in idrac in OpenStack Ironic before 35.0.1. During import, a user invoking molds can request authorization to be sent to a remote endpoint. The credential forwarded is a time-limited Keystone token (which provides access to all OpenStack services Ironic is authorized for); or basic credentials configured for molds storage. The fixed versions are 26.1.6, 29.0.5, 32.0.1, and 35.0.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIironic-python-agentGHSA-54w4-233h-x86g (opens in a new tab)
References
References7
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-010.html (opens in a new tab)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2466844 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42997.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39811 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-27428 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-54w4-233h-x86g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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