OpenStack Ironic up to 24.1.2/26.1.0/29.0.0 Image path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in OpenStack Ironic up to 24.1.2/26.1.0/29.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Image Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-44021. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenStack Ironic up to 24.1.2/26.1.0/29.0.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenStack Ironic before 29.0.1 can write unintended files to a target node disk during image handling (if a deployment was performed via the API). A malicious project assigned as a node owner can provide a path to any local file (readable by ironic-conductor), which may then be written to the target node disk. This is difficult to exploit in practice, because a node deployed in this manner should never reach the ACTIVE state, but it still represents a danger in environments running with non-default, insecure configurations such as with automated cleaning disabled. The fixed versions are 24.1.3, 26.1.1, and 29.0.1.

The advisory is available at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-44021 since 04/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 24.1.3, 26.1.1 or 29.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Cloud Software

Vendor

• OpenStack

Name

• Ironic

Version

• 24.1.0
• 24.1.1
• 24.1.2
• 26.0
• 26.1.0
• 29.0

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.openstack.org/

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