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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Ironic vulnerabilities (USN-8421-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 320843

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8421-1 advisory.

 Dmitry Tantsur and Tuomo Tanskanen discovered that Ironic did not properly validate file paths when handling ISO images. A privileged authenticated remote user could use this issue to perform path traversal via a crafted ISO image and overwrite arbitrary files on the Ironic conductor. (CVE-2026-48681)

 Dmitry Tantsur and Tuomo Tanskanen discovered that Ironic did not properly validate kernel command line parameters. A privileged authenticated remote user could use this issue to inject scripts during node boot and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-46447)

 Dmitry Tantsur and Tuomo Tanskanen discovered that Ironic incorrectly restricted access to custom PXE templates. A privileged authenticated remote user could use this issue to read arbitrary sensitive files on the Ironic conductor. (CVE-2026-44917)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8421-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 320843

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8421-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2026

Updated: 6/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ironic-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ironic-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ironic-conductor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-ironic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44917, CVE-2026-46447, CVE-2026-48681

USN: 8421-1