Ironic-image allows unauthenticated local access to Ironic API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
Ironic-image is an OpenStack Ironic deployment packaged and configured by Metal3. When the reverse proxy mode is enabled by the `IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP` variable set to `true`, 1) HTTP basic credentials are validated on the HTTPD side in a separate container, not in the Ironic service itself and 2) Ironic listens in host network on a private port 6388 on localhost by default. As a result, when the reverse proxy mode is used, any Pod or local Unix user on the control plane Node can access the Ironic API on the private port without authentication. A similar problem affects Ironic Inspector (`INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP` set to `true`), although the attack potential is smaller there. This issue affects operators deploying ironic-image in the reverse proxy mode, which is the recommended mode when TLS is used (also recommended), with the `IRONIC_PRIVATE_PORT` variable unset or set to a numeric value. In this case, an attacker with enough privileges to launch a pod on the control plane with host networking can access Ironic API and use it to modify bare-metal machine, e.g. provision them with a new image or change their BIOS settings. This vulnerability is fixed in 24.1.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ironic-image (metal3-io) Fixed in 24.1.1
Red Hat 4 advisories
- RHSA-2024:2875 Released 2024-05-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.13.42 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/ose-aws-pod-identity-webhook-rhel8, openshift4/ose-cloud-credential-operator, openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel8-operator +3
- RHSA-2024:2782 Released 2024-05-16 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.12.57 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel8-operator, openshift4/ose-cluster-monitoring-operator, openshift4/ose-docker-registry +3
- RHSA-2024:2668 Released 2024-05-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.14.24 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel8-operator, openshift4/ose-docker-registry, openshift4/ose-insights-rhel8-operator +1
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2024:2068 Released 2024-05-02 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.15.11 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 openshift4/ose-docker-registry-rhel9, openshift4/ose-insights-rhel9-operator, openshift4/ose-ironic-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2782 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2875 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2668 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:2068 |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-31463
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More metal3-io vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-21192 Bare Metal Operator (BMO) can expose any secret from other namespaces via BMCEventSubscription CRD CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-29397 BMO can expose particularly named secrets from other namespaces via BMH CRD CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-31463 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-31463 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2024-31463 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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