{"id":"GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m","summary":"Ironic Standalone Operator's controller modifies user-owned resources without consent","details":"## 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","aliases":["GO-2026-5425"],"modified":"2026-06-25T23:11:48.977423936Z","published":"2026-05-29T18:23:34Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-05-29T18:23:34Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-862"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/619"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/664"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator/pull/665"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 0.7.2","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m/GHSA-hfc8-w5f4-3x6m.json","last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 0.8.1"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"}]}