CVE-2025-44021: OpenStack Ironic fails to restrict paths used for file:// image URLs

CVE-2025-44021 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-05-08

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.

Technologies: ironic (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-44021 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-44021 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-44021?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 8 May 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
ironic (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=24.1.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=24.1.3,introduced=25.0.0,fixed=26.1.1,introduced=27.0.0,fixed=29.0.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-44021?
Yes. ironic (PyPI): upgrade to 24.1.3, 29.0.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-44021?
Check whether you run ironic (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • ironic (PyPI): upgrade to 24.1.3, 29.0.1 or later
    pip install "ironic>=29.0.1"

Affected products

  • ironic (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=24.1.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=24.1.3,introduced=25.0.0,fixed=26.1.1,introduced=27.0.0,fixed=29.0.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-44021
  • GHSA-q3m2-crgq-5p3q
  • PYSEC-2025-38

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