CVE-2026-54422

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

In OpenStack Ironic Python Agent through 11.5.0, a malicious bootc container, when deployed using ironic-python-agent, may be able to extract the credentials used to download it.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - [OSSA-2026-028] OpenStack Ironic Python Agent: Credential extraction via malicious container (CVE-2026-54422)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/23/4
generic

OSSA-2026-028: Credential extraction from Ironic Python Agent via malicious container — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev353 documentation

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-028.html
generic

Bug #2155826 “[OSSA-2026-028] Ironic bootc deploy exposes operat...” : Bugs : ironic-python-agent

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic-python-agent/+bug/2155826

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54422(1)

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

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ironic-python-agent10.2.0-3 ... 11.5.0-5 (10 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 67× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54422?
CVE-2026-54422 is a medium vulnerability published on July 24, 2026. In OpenStack Ironic Python Agent through 11.5.0, a malicious bootc container, when deployed using ironic-python-agent, may be able to extract the credentials used to download it.
When was CVE-2026-54422 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54422 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54422 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54422 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54422?
CVE-2026-54422 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54422?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54422, 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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