CVE-2026-90461 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.
Medium 6.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-90461 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-90461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic, published on 11 Sep 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-90461 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: OpenStack Ironic. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90461/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90461/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-90461?
CVE-2026-90461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Ironic, published on 11 Sep 2026.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-923
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-90461?
How do I fix CVE-2026-90461?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-90461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-90461 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-90461 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90461, GHSA-mpf9-7jmw-7hrh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90461.