What is CVE-2025-44021?

CVE-2025-44021 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openstack Ironic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2025-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-44021?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-44021 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Openstack Ironic

CVE-2025-44021

OpenStack Ironic before 29.0.1 can write unintended files to a target node disk during image handling (if a deployment was performed via the API). A malicious project assigned as a node owner can provide a path to any local file (readable…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (19.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openstack Ironic — versions 24, 25, 27

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-44021?: CVE-2025-44021 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openstack Ironic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2025-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-44021?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-44021 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.