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CVE-2014-0041· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets sslverify to false for certain Y

OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets sslverify to false for certain Yum repositories, which disables SSL protection and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to prevent updates via unspecified vectors.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 2, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 71th percentile
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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redhatopenstack

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat openstack4.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-templatesbefore 0:0-0.3.20140407git.el6ost0:0-0.3.20140407git.el6ost

Same product

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    41Plan
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    39Monitor
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    35Monitor
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    35Monitor
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    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:openstack-heat-templates0:0-0.3.20140407git.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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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.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-310 · Cryptographic Issues

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

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