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TI-2026-66808 Aliases GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m

Ironic Standalone Operator's controller modifies user-owned resources without consent

Priority LOW 38CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

## Impact The Ironic Standalone Operator (IRSO) is the operator to maintain an Ironic deployment for Metal3. IRSO controller automatically adds its environment label to user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps without the resource owner's consent. A high-privilege controller modifying user-owned resources constitutes an unauthorized integrity violation. Deployments running IrSO v0.7.0 through v0.8.1 that reference user-provided Secrets or ConfigMaps (TLS certificates, BMC CA, trusted CA) are affected. ## Patches Fixed in v0.9.0, v0.8.2, v0.7.3. ## Workarounds Manually add the environment label (ironic-standalone-operator.metal3.io/environment) to all user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps before they are referenced in the Ironic resource. This prevents the controller from modifying them. ## Resources - https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619 - https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664 - https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go): 0.7.3, 0.8.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go)before 0.7.30.7.3Patch availableGHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m
—github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go)0.8.0 to before 0.8.20.8.2Patch availableGHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m
  • github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.3 Fixed in 0.7.3 Patch available GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m
  • github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.8.2 Fixed in 0.8.2 Patch available GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go) Fixed in 0.7.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator (Go) Fixed in 0.8.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m

References

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