CVE-2026-90461

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-12. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3(high)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: 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
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
11%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 11, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Bug #2162816 “HTTP image-server credentials are sent to any tena...” : Bugs : Ironic

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2162816

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90461(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 23× in last 7d / 26× 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. 2026-09-19 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-17 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-17 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 22:26 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-16 22:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-15 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-15 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-14 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-14 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-14 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-14 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 01:32 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-14 01:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-13 16:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-13 00:00 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-13 00:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-11 22:27 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-11 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-11 21:38 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90461?
CVE-2026-90461 is a medium vulnerability published on September 11, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-90461 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90461 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90461 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90461 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 88.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90461?
CVE-2026-90461 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90461?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-90461, 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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