{"id":"CVE-2016-4985","aliases":["GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r","PYSEC-2026-646"],"title":"OpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","summary":"OpenStack Ironic Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","vendor":"ironic","product":"ironic","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["ironic < 4.2.5","ironic >= 5.0, < 5.1.2"],"patched":["ironic 4.2.5","ironic 5.1.2"],"published":"2022-05-13","updated":"2026-07-06","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4985"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/426a306fb580762e97ada04e1253dedd9b64d410"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/affec224977174581d19a2b914772cb0409f633e"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/f5a3ff1dfcde068769f9a2a477ba6a9edaf69c77"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1377"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1378"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4985"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346193"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/ironic"},{"url":"https://review.openstack.org/332195"},{"url":"https://review.openstack.org/332196"},{"url":"https://review.openstack.org/332197"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.02608,"epssPercentile":0.84647,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:48.664Z","slug":"CVE-2016-4985","body":"## Overview\n\nThe ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the `v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru` resource.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `ironic < 4.2.5`\n- `ironic >= 5.0, < 5.1.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `ironic 4.2.5`\n- `ironic 5.1.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}