The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a d
The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.
- Published
- Mar 6, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.0% · 80th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 16 / 40 · 4.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.0%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | nova | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openstack nova2013.1 and later · before 2013.1.5
- openstack nova2013.2 and later · before 2013.2.2
- openstack nova2014.1
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nova | before 2013.2.2 | 2013.2.2 |
| PyPI | nova | before 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-api | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-cells | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-cert | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-common | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-compute | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-conductor | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-console | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-doc | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-network | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-novncproxy | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-objectstore | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-scheduler | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | python-nova | before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost |
Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-7214An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3, 14.x through 14.0.4, and 15.x through 15.0.1.40Plan
- CVE-2017-17051An issue was discovered in the default FilterScheduler in OpenStack Nova 16.0.3.35Monitor
- CVE-2026-46448In OpenStack Nova before 33.0.2, the server create API does not strip certain hint data.34Monitor
- CVE-2020-17376An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova before 19.3.1, 20.x before 20.3.1, and 21.0.0.34Monitor
- CVE-2011-3147qcow format could expose host filesystem information34Monitor
- CVE-2026-24708An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1.32Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:nova | 2013.2.2 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:nova | 12.0.0a0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-api | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cells | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cert | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-common | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-compute | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-conductor | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-console | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-doc | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-network | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-novncproxy | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-objectstore | 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000179.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
- bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1253980
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.