CVE-2024-31463

Description

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.

Reserved 2024-04-03 | Published 2024-04-17 | Updated 2024-08-02 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Product status

< 24.1.1
affected

References

github.com/...-image/security/advisories/GHSA-g2cm-9v5f-qg7r

github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/pull/494

github.com/...ommit/48e40bd30d49aefabac6fc80204a8650b13d10b4

cve.org (CVE-2024-31463)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-31463)

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