{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2026-05-01T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "ironic-python-agent: OpenStack ironic-python-agent: Arbitrary code execution via malicious image",
    "id" : "2464306",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464306"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "8.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-78",
  "details" : [ "An issue was discovered in OpenStack ironic-python-agent 1.0.0 through 11.5.0. Ironic Python Agent (IPA) sometimes executes grub-install from within a chroot of the deployed partition image, leading to code execution in the case of a malicious image.", "A flaw was found in OpenStack ironic-python-agent (IPA). The Ironic Python Agent sometimes executes the grub-install command from within a chroot environment of a deployed partition image. This allows an attacker, by providing a malicious image, to achieve arbitrary code execution within the system." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43003\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43003\nhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic-python-agent/+bug/2148310\nhttps://github.com/openstack/ironic-python-agent/blob/236b33abffe6688afc39c21e351cc3889b3db2dd/ironic_python_agent/efi_utils.py#L134-L139" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-43003",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}