CVE-2016-4985

7.5 HIGH
Published: July 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru resource.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://review.openstack.org/332195
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://review.openstack.org/332196
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://review.openstack.org/332197
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1378
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://review.openstack.org/332195
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://review.openstack.org/332196
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://review.openstack.org/332197
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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