The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.2.2 and 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to read
The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.2.2 and 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a file: URL in the image location property.
- Published
- Jan 7, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.8% · 86th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
23
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | image registry and delivery service \(glance\) | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\) |
| redhat | openstack | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openstack image registry and delivery service (glance)2014.1 and later · before 2014.1.4
- openstack image registry and delivery service (glance)2014.2 and later · before 2014.2.2
- redhat openstack4.0
- redhat openstack5.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | glance | before 2014.1.3-6 | 2014.1.3-6 |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-glance | before 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-glance-doc | before 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | python-glance | before 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost | 0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-glance | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-glance-doc | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | python-glance | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | openstack-glance | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | openstack-glance-doc | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | python-glance | before 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost | 0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost |
Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-5286OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to bypass the 28Monitor
- CVE-2015-1195The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2 allows remote authenticate27Monitor
- CVE-2015-5251OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allow remote authenticated users to change the s23Monitor
- CVE-2016-0757OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 11.0.x before 11.0.2 (liberty), when show_multiple_locations is enabled, allow r17Monitor
- CVE-2015-1881OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2014.2 through 2014.2.2 does not properly remove images, which allows remote authenti17Monitor
- CVE-2014-9684OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2014.2 through 2014.2.2 does not properly remove images, which allows remote authenti17Monitor
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:glance | 2014.1.3-6 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-glance | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-glance-doc | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-glance | 0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:5::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
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000317.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0246.html
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71688
- bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1400966
- security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2014-041.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.