CVE-2026-50589

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsIronicOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

In OpenStack Ironic 32 through 35.0.1, an unauthenticated malicious user could submit a crafted JSON string to some endpoints on the API or JSON-RPC service and effect a service crash.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

32.0.0 ≤ v < 37.0.0
Affected range stops below 37.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 32.0.0 (unknown)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Issue TrackingMitigation
Source: cverecord
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2154288
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0099
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/06/2
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50589
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485353

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat-SADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770CWE-502

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