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CVE-2016-4985
Information Disclosure in ironic (CVE-2016-4985)
Summary
vulnerability in ironic (CVE-2016-4985). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to `5.1.2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2016-4985** has been found in ironic.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade ironic to **5.1.2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "ironic CVE-2016-4985" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-4985 (ironic) — CWE-200 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `5.1.2` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in ironic.
📍 Affected scope
ironic — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally
🔧 How to fix
Update to **5.1.2**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'ironic' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'ironic' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `ironic` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade ironic to 5.1.2ステージング環境で 5.1.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
ironic
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.0"},{"fixed":"5.1.2"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4985
- advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1377
- advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1378
- advisory https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7cr-7c2c-fm8r
- package https://github.com/openstack/ironic
- package https://pypi.org/project/ironic
- web https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/426a306fb580762e97ada04e1253dedd9b64d410
- web https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/affec224977174581d19a2b914772cb0409f633e
- web https://github.com/openstack/ironic/commit/f5a3ff1dfcde068769f9a2a477ba6a9edaf69c77
- web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4985
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346193
- web https://review.openstack.org/332195
- web https://review.openstack.org/332196
- web https://review.openstack.org/332197
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6