CVE-2026-44918

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project without authorization.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EPSS
34.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 10, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jul 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - [OSSA-2026-026] Ironic: Insufficient Access Controls regarding parent/child nodes

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/08/4
generic

oss-security - [OSSA-2026-026] Ironic: Insufficient Access Controls regarding parent/child nodes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/08/4
generic

OSSA-2026-026: Insufficient Access Controls in Ironic regarding Parent/Child Nodes — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev351 documentation

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-026.html
generic

[OSSA-2026-026] Ironic: Insufficient Access Controls regarding Parent/Child Nodes (CVE-2026-44918) - OpenStack-announce - lists.openstack.org

https://lists.openstack.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PAJKDWS23MKSSNX22JEVDA7RWN3BHJYC/
generic

Bug #2150450 “[OSSA-2026-026] Cross-owner node operations becaus...” : Bugs : Ironic

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2150450

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44918(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-15 13:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-15 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-14 16:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-14 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-13 18:24 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-13 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-12 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-12 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-11 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-11 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-11 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-11 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-10 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-10 03:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44918?
CVE-2026-44918 is a medium vulnerability published on July 10, 2026. OpenStack Ironic through before 37.0.1 allows creation or modification of nodes cross-project without authorization.
When was CVE-2026-44918 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44918 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44918 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44918 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 34.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44918?
CVE-2026-44918 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44918?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44918, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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