The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does
The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does not properly limit qemu-img calls, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) via a crafted disk image.
- Published
- Oct 7, 2016
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.1% · 87th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | cinder | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder |
| openstack | glance | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance |
| 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 cinder7.0.2
- openstack cinder8.0.0
- openstack cinder8.1.0
- openstack glanceup to 11.0.0 inclusive
- openstack glance11.0.1
- openstack glance12.0.0
- openstack novaup to 12.0.3 inclusive
- openstack nova13.0.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | cinder | before 2:8.0.0-1 | 2:8.0.0-1 |
| Debian:12 | glance | before 2:12.0.0-1 | 2:12.0.0-1 |
| Debian:12 | nova | before 2:13.0.0-1 | 2:13.0.0-1 |
| PyPI | cinder | from 8.0.0 · before 9.0.0 | 9.0.0 |
| PyPI | cinder | before 7.0.2 | 7.0.2 |
| PyPI | glance | before 14.0.0 | 14.0.0 |
| PyPI | nova | before 12.0.4 | 12.0.4 |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-cinder | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | openstack-cinder-doc | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el6 | python-cinder | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | openstack-cinder | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | openstack-cinder-doc | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:5::el7 | python-cinder | before 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost | 0:2014.1.5-9.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:6::el7 | openstack-cinder | before 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost | 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:6::el7 | openstack-cinder-doc | before 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost | 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:6::el7 | python-cinder | before 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost | 0:2014.2.4-11.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-cinder | before 0:2015.1.3-12.el7ost | 0:2015.1.3-12.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-cinder-doc | before 0:2015.1.3-12.el7ost | 0:2015.1.3-12.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-glance | before 0:2015.1.2-3.el7ost | 0:2015.1.2-3.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-glance-doc | before 0:2015.1.2-3.el7ost | 0:2015.1.2-3.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-nova | before 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost | 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-nova-api | before 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost | 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-nova-cells | before 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost | 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:7::el7 | openstack-nova-cert | before 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost | 0:2015.1.4-32.el7ost |
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Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-15139A vulnerability was found in openstack-cinder releases up to and including Queens, allowing newly created volumes in certain storage volume 30Monitor
- CVE-2024-32498An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and Nova before 29.0.3.26Monitor
- CVE-2022-47951An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.22Monitor
- CVE-2013-4202The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and e18Monitor
- CVE-2014-3641The (1) GlusterFS and (2) Linux Smbfs drivers in OpenStack Cinder before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to obtain file data from17Monitor
- CVE-2014-7231The strutils.mask_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.8Monitor
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:cinder | 2:8.0.0-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:glance | 2:12.0.0-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:nova | 2:13.0.0-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:cinder | 7.0.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:cinder | 9.0.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:glance | 14.0.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:nova | 12.0.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-cinder | 1:8.1.1-4.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-glance | 1:12.0.0-2.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-api | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cells | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cert | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-common | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-compute | 1:12.0.5-9.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:8::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-cinder | 1:8.1.1-4.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-cinder-tests | 1:8.1.1-4.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-glance | 1:12.0.0-2.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python-glance-tests | 1:12.0.0-2.el7ost · Red Hat:openstack:9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
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
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2923.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2991.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0153.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0156.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0165.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0282.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/8
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76849
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.