CVE-2026-66138

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In OpenStack Ironic Python Agent through 11.6.0, a project-scoped user with the manager role can achieve arbitrary code execution on a running Ironic-Python-Agent via a maliciously constructed configuration, because the value of ntp_server is passed to a shell.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(medium)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
40%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

OSSA-2026-027: Command execution via unsanitized config — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev353 documentation

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-027.html
generic

Bug #2160050 “[OSSA-2026-027] Arbitrary command execution throug...” : Bugs : ironic-python-agent

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic-python-agent/+bug/2160050

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66138(5)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatopenshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9:17883387392026-09-09redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9:17875556772026-09-01redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9:17877354562026-09-01redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ironic-agent-rhel9:17870733642026-08-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ironic-python-agent10.2.0-3 ... 11.5.0-5 (10 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 111× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 214 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 03:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-18 03:03 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-18 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-17 02:00 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-17 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-16 06:44 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-16 06:44 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-16 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 09:44 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 09:44 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-15 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 11:18 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-14 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-13 22:20 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-13 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 08:50 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-13 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-12 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-12 19:51 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-12 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-12 06:52 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-12 06:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-11 17:48 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-11 17:48 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-11 17:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-11 04:00 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-11 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-10 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-10 14:56 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-10 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-09 08:52 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-09 08:52 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-09 08:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-07 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-07 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-07 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-06 08:53 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-06 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-05 19:54 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-05 19:54 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-05 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-05 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-05 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-05 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-04 12:56 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-04 12:56 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-04 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-09-01 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-01 23:19 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-01 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-31 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-31 02:25 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-31 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-30 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-30 13:26 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-30 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-30 00:27 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-30 00:27 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-30 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-28 01:35 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-28 01:35 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-28 01:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-27 12:37 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-27 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-26 23:39 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-26 23:39 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-26 23:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-26 10:40 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-26 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-25 20:09 UTCEG score recompute
  68. 2026-08-25 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-08-25 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-24 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-24 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-24 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-23 15:47 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-23 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-66138?
CVE-2026-66138 is a high vulnerability published on July 24, 2026. In OpenStack Ironic Python Agent through 11.6.0, a project-scoped user with the manager role can achieve arbitrary code execution on a running Ironic-Python-Agent via a maliciously constructed configuration, because the value of ntp_server is passed to a shell.
When was CVE-2026-66138 disclosed?
CVE-2026-66138 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2026, with the most recent update on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-66138 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-66138 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 59.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-66138?
CVE-2026-66138 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-66138?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-66138, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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