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CVE-2026-115638 Details

Description

OpenStack Ironic through 39.0.1 allows a denial of service via a configdrive that results in a very large amount of uncompressed data, aka a gzip bomb.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/29/1 CVE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/2171814 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-115638
NVD Published Date:
Oct 23, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Oct 29, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-115638 Details - Not Deferred