Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
OpenStack Ironic versions 32.0.0 through 35.0.1 are vulnerable. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted JSON string to certain endpoints on the API or JSON-RPC service, causing the service to crash. Upgrade to version 37.0.0 or later, which contains the fix.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CNA (mitre) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0043, the 38th percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:29 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-q3g8-rjrx-59ph
- OSV: GHSA-q3g8-rjrx-59ph
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50589
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50589
- bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2154288
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485353
- github.com/openstack/ironic
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ironic/PYSEC-2026-216.yaml
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-50589.json
- wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0099
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/06/2