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Medium, CVSS 4.3amended

OpenStack Ironic: Pre-Validation Checksum Calculation allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Infinite Block Devices

CVE-2026-44919GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

  • PyPI ironic

    Affected
    <= 36.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
4.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-44919: 0.47% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 40.35 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

In OpenStack Ironic through 35.x before a3f6d73, during image handling, an infinite loop in checksum calculations can occur via the file:///dev/zero URL.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-44919

Advisory: OpenStack Ironic: Pre-Validation Checksum Calculation allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Infinite Block Devices
IDs: CVE-2026-44919, GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-44919 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI ironic: affected <= 36.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show ironic`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on ironic.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3 (OSV record GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3 lists affected ranges: PyPI ironic >=0 <=36.0.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-4g73-w726-53h3 lists affected ranges: PyPI ironic >=0 <=36.0.0)

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