api/metadata/handler.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2, when proxying metadata

Affected versions

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

• openstack nova2013.2 and later · up to 2013.2.4 inclusive
• openstack nova2014.1 and later · before 2014.1.2
• openstack nova2014.2.0

Package-level exposure

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

Other 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 information
  34Monitor
• 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

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.