OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a…
Priority LOW 23CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0209 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed nova (PyPI): 12.0.0a0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | nova (PyPI) | before 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 | Patch available | GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 12.0.0a0 Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Patch available GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q nova (PyPI) Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1585
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q
References
Other 7
- [Openstack] 20120329 [OSSA 2012-003] Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly (CVE-2012-1585)
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0fa7d12dbfb7ae016657dd91034b4c0781ea43de
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/1ebec5726c7a9db0a6f29fad0ef747b0c087f702
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/c7f526fae6062e9ab51f65474af71d496aa66554
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/c869a41951b77c6930bf4fb4734f05cd3d6ac4b1
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/491298
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- TI-2021-02596 Open redirect in openstack-nova CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2017-04900 An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12516 An issue was discovered in the default FilterScheduler in OpenStack Nova 16.0.3. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2020-13145 An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2012-1585 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-1585 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-1585 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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