CVE-2026-90461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

OpenStack Ironic through 38.0.0 may send a username and password to an unexpected remote host when Image Service is configured for HTTP(S) Basic Authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Openstack	Ironic

No data.

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2162816
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90461
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90461

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/2

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title		ironic: OpenStack Ironic: Information disclosure via unexpected credential transmission
Weaknesses		CWE-201
References		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90461 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90461
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	threat_severity `Moderate`

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		OpenStack Ironic through 38.0.0 may send a username and password to an unexpected remote host when Image Service is configured for HTTP(S) Basic Authentication.
First Time appeared		Openstack Openstack ironic
Weaknesses		CWE-923
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:openstack:ironic::::::::
Vendors & Products		Openstack Openstack ironic
References		https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2162816
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-09-11T21:32:33.740Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T07:17:35.422Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T21:32:33.385Z

Link: CVE-2026-90461

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T07:17:35.422Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-11T22:16:48.403

Modified: 2026-10-09T08:16:55.547

Link: CVE-2026-90461

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-11T21:32:33Z

Links: CVE-2026-90461 - Bugzilla

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