CVE-2016-4985
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru resource.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (8)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8rOpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
The ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the `v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru` resource.
- PYSEC-2026-646OpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
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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references (23)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1377cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1378cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4985cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346193cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/332195cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/332196cnnvd
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