A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance.
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.
- Published
- Jul 31, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.3% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-400
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Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.3%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · redhat
- 4.3
- 2.2 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | glance | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openstack glanceall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
The Openstack Foundation openstack-glance
- v1 and v2affected
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 | all versions | — |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-ansible | before 8.0+git.1539739656.0ef51c9-3.46.1 | 8.0+git.1539739656.0ef51c9-3.46.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-barbican | before 8.0+git.1534266594.8136db7-4.27.2 | 8.0+git.1534266594.8136db7-4.27.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-cinder | before 8.0+git.1535412193.d9ad231-3.27.2 | 8.0+git.1535412193.d9ad231-3.27.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-cluster | before 8.0+git.1534266734.ec4822f-3.30.2 | 8.0+git.1534266734.ec4822f-3.30.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-cobbler | before 8.0+git.1534780521.780753b-3.29.2 | 8.0+git.1534780521.780753b-3.29.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-freezer | before 8.0+git.1534266805.c9ea29b-3.12.2 | 8.0+git.1534266805.c9ea29b-3.12.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-glance | before 8.0+git.1537790499.b15fdea-3.8.2 | 8.0+git.1537790499.b15fdea-3.8.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-horizon | before 8.0+git.1610733160.0f577f4-3.21.1 | 8.0+git.1610733160.0f577f4-3.21.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-input-model | before 8.0+git.1539086744.5ae1d6f-3.21.2 | 8.0+git.1539086744.5ae1d6f-3.21.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-keystone | before 8.0+git.1536100286.ddd8d3e-3.15.2 | 8.0+git.1536100286.ddd8d3e-3.15.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-logging | before 8.0+git.1610573640.452aed1-3.27.1 | 8.0+git.1610573640.452aed1-3.27.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-monasca | before 8.0+git.1610740501.5dca121-3.27.1 | 8.0+git.1610740501.5dca121-3.27.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-mq | before 8.0+git.1534267034.f95e1ec-3.5.2 | 8.0+git.1534267034.f95e1ec-3.5.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-mq | before 8.0+git.1605176800.52cccfa-3.29.1 | 8.0+git.1605176800.52cccfa-3.29.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-neutron | before 8.0+git.1537805998.7898f24-3.21.2 | 8.0+git.1537805998.7898f24-3.21.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-nova | before 8.0+git.1537895345.35a03a2-3.14.2 | 8.0+git.1537895345.35a03a2-3.14.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-octavia | before 8.0+git.1534267086.b7dbe77-3.8.2 | 8.0+git.1534267086.b7dbe77-3.8.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-osconfig | before 8.0+git.1610643571.91b88d6-3.52.1 | 8.0+git.1610643571.91b88d6-3.52.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-osconfig | before 8.0+git.1540330973.aab0174-3.27.1 | 8.0+git.1540330973.aab0174-3.27.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-service | before 8.0+git.1537825617.23552c2-3.14.2 | 8.0+git.1537825617.23552c2-3.14.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-service-ansible | before 8.0+git.1537806377.25b5d68-3.11.2 | 8.0+git.1537806377.25b5d68-3.11.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-ses | before 8.0+git.1539113493.6631423-1.8.2 | 8.0+git.1539113493.6631423-1.8.2 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ardana-swift | before 8.0+git.1534267211.78fb7e3-3.18.2 | 8.0+git.1534267211.78fb7e3-3.18.2 |
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Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-71198In OpenStack Glance before 32.0.1, the location API does not validate destination hosts when adding an HTTP location to an image.28Monitor
- CVE-2017-7200An SSRF issue was discovered in OpenStack Glance before Newton.24Monitor
- CVE-2015-8234The image signature algorithm in OpenStack Glance 11.0.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the signature verification process via a crafted 22Monitor
- CVE-2026-34881OpenStack Glance before 29.1.1, 30.x before 30.1.1, and 31.0.0 is affected by Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).20Monitor
- CVE-2015-3289OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by repeatedly usin16Monitor
- CVE-2013-4428OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) Folsom, Grizzly before 2013.1.4, and Havana before 2013.2, when the download_image po15Monitor
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 |
|---|---|---|
| suse:ardana-ansible | 8.0+git.1539739656.0ef51c9-3.46.1 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-barbican | 8.0+git.1534266594.8136db7-4.27.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-cinder | 8.0+git.1535412193.d9ad231-3.27.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-cluster | 8.0+git.1534266734.ec4822f-3.30.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-cobbler | 8.0+git.1534780521.780753b-3.29.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-freezer | 8.0+git.1534266805.c9ea29b-3.12.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-glance | 8.0+git.1537790499.b15fdea-3.8.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-input-model | 8.0+git.1539086744.5ae1d6f-3.21.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-keystone | 8.0+git.1536100286.ddd8d3e-3.15.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-mq | 8.0+git.1534267034.f95e1ec-3.5.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-neutron | 8.0+git.1537805998.7898f24-3.21.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ardana-nova | 8.0+git.1537895345.35a03a2-3.14.2 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | 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
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-400 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
function expand(node) { return node.children.map(expand);}Fixed
const MAX_DEPTH = 32;function expand(node, depth = 0) { if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep"); return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.