Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Sushy-Tools (versions before 0.21.1) and VirtualBMC (versions before 3.0.0) remove password protection from the libvirt XML domain when the boot device configuration is changed. The source does not describe what an attacker must already have or what they could do with the removed protection. The source notes that this only affects an unsupported, production-like configuration. Upgrade sushy-tools to 0.21.1 or virtualbmc to 3.0.0.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0024, the 15th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-5pj3-6fqm-8m7m
- OSV: GHSA-5pj3-6fqm-8m7m
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44020
- github.com/umago/virtualbmc
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GAD7QJIUWPCKJIGYP7PPHH5DILOEONFE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KEQVJF3OQGSDCSQTQQSC54JEGLMSNB4Q
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMSUGS4B6EBRHBJMTRXL5RIKJTZTEMJC
- review.opendev.org/c/openstack/sushy-tools/+/862625
- review.opendev.org/c/openstack/virtualbmc/+/862620
- storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2010382