{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00018536","kind":"vulnerability","title":"Ironic Standalone Operator's controller modifies user-owned resources without consent","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator, github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-3884d23d6d3dd1d0be0a1e340444de82"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[{"kind":"CVSS","as_of":"2026-05-29T18:23:36.000Z","value":"4.3 medium","meaning":"GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.","source_id":"sr-3884d23d6d3dd1d0be0a1e340444de82"}],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-3884d23d6d3dd1d0be0a1e340444de82","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-07T00:53:22.747Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-3884d23d6d3dd1d0be0a1e340444de82"],"technology":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Impact\n\nThe Ironic Standalone Operator (IRSO) is the operator to maintain an Ironic deployment for Metal3. IRSO controller automatically adds its environment label to user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps without the resource owner's consent. A high-privilege controller modifying user-owned resources constitutes an unauthorized integrity violation. Deployments running IrSO v0.7.0 through v0.8.1 that reference user-provided Secrets or ConfigMaps (TLS certificates, BMC CA, trusted CA) are affected.\n\n## Patches\n\nFixed in v0.9.0, v0.8.2, v0.7.3. \n\n## Workarounds\n\nManually add the environment label (ironic-standalone-operator.metal3.io/environment) to all user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps before they are referenced in the Ironic resource. This prevents the controller from modifying them.\n\n## Resources\n\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665","public_affected_ranges":["<= 0.7.2"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-3884d23d6d3dd1d0be0a1e340444de82"],"technology":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Impact\n\nThe Ironic Standalone Operator (IRSO) is the operator to maintain an Ironic deployment for Metal3. IRSO controller automatically adds its environment label to user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps without the resource owner's consent. A high-privilege controller modifying user-owned resources constitutes an unauthorized integrity violation. Deployments running IrSO v0.7.0 through v0.8.1 that reference user-provided Secrets or ConfigMaps (TLS certificates, BMC CA, trusted CA) are affected.\n\n## Patches\n\nFixed in v0.9.0, v0.8.2, v0.7.3. \n\n## Workarounds\n\nManually add the environment label (ironic-standalone-operator.metal3.io/environment) to all user-provided Secrets and ConfigMaps before they are referenced in the Ironic resource. This prevents the controller from modifying them.\n\n## Resources\n\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664\n- https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665","public_affected_ranges":[">= 0.8.0, <= 0.8.1"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-07T07:07:39.849Z","source_updated_at":"2026-05-29T18:23:36.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-05-29T18:23:34.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-07T00:53:22.747Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}