Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

How severe is This vulnerability?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 29 May 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Metal³ Ironic-Standalone-Operator >= 0.7.0, = 0.8.0, <= 0.8.1.

Is there a fix for This vulnerability?

A patch was published on 2026-05-12: Fixes merged into release branches 0.7 and 0.8 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is This vulnerability attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Check whether you run Metal³ Ironic-Standalone-Operator 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.

Metal3 Ironic Standalone Operator unauthorized modification of Secrets

Q: Is there a fix for This vulnerability?

A patch was published on 2026-05-12: Fixes merged into release branches 0.7 and 0.8 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Q: How is This vulnerability attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Q: Am I affected?

Check whether you run Metal³ Ironic-Standalone-Operator 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.

Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-05-29

The Ironic Standalone Operator, used to manage bare-metal hardware deployments, contains a flaw where its controller automatically modifies user-provided configuration files and security credentials without permission. This behavior allows a high-privilege system component to alter resources it does not own, potentially compromising the integrity of security certificates and environment settings. Organizations using this operator to manage their infrastructure may face unauthorized changes to sensitive configuration data.

Quick answers

Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
How severe is This vulnerability?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 29 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Metal³ Ironic-Standalone-Operator >= 0.7.0, <= 0.7.2; >= 0.8.0, <= 0.8.1.
Is there a fix for This vulnerability?: A patch was published on 2026-05-12: Fixes merged into release branches 0.7 and 0.8 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is This vulnerability attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected?: Check whether you run Metal³ Ironic-Standalone-Operator 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.

Technical details

The Ironic Standalone Operator (IRSO) controller fails to perform proper authorization checks before modifying user-owned Kubernetes resources. Specifically, the controller automatically injects environment labels into user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps (such as TLS certificates and BMC CA data) when they are referenced. This behavior constitutes a CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) vulnerability because a high-privilege controller is modifying resources without explicit consent from the resource owner. Attackers with low privileges on the network can trigger these modifications by referencing resources in Ironic deployments. The fix requires users to manually apply the 'ironic-standalone-operator.metal3.io/environment' label as a form of consent, otherwise, the operator will now reject the unlabeled resources. Patches are available in versions 0.7.3, 0.8.2, and 0.9.0.

Affected products

metal3-io ironic-standalone-operator >= 0.7.0, <= 0.7.2; >= 0.8.0, <= 0.8.1

Timeline

2026-03-31: other: Initial security fix pull request opened
2026-05-12: patched: Fixes merged into release branches 0.7 and 0.8
2026-05-18: disclosed: Advisory published by maintainers
2026-05-29: advisory: GitHub Advisory reviewed and finalized

References

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