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TI-2014-06622 Aliases CVE-2014-7960GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass…

Priority LOW 24CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03133 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial swift (PyPI): 2.2.0Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—swift (PyPI)before 2.2.02.2.0Patch availableGHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • swift (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.2.0 Fixed in 2.2.0 Patch available GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.1.0VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.1.0 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 swift (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:1495 Released 2015-07-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 update
    • Red Hat Gluster 3 Samba on RHEL-6 libtalloc-2.1.1-4.el6rhs, libtalloc-devel-2.1.1-4.el6rhs, pytalloc-2.1.1-4.el6rhs +1
    • Red Hat Gluster Storage NFS 3.1 on RHEL-6 nfs-ganesha-2.2.0-5.el6rhs, nfs-ganesha-gluster-2.2.0-5.el6rhs, nfs-ganesha-nullfs-2.2.0-5.el6rhs
    • Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-6 check-mk-1.2.6p1-3.el6rhs, check-mk-livestatus-1.2.6p1-3.el6rhs, gluster-nagios-common-0.2.0-1.el6rhs +10
    • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 augeas-1.0.0-10.el6, augeas-devel-1.0.0-10.el6, augeas-libs-1.0.0-10.el6 +47
    • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glusterfs-3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-api-3.7.1-11.el5, glusterfs-api-devel-3.7.1-11.el5 +7
    • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs-3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-api-3.7.1-11.el6, glusterfs-api-devel-3.7.1-11.el6 +7
  • RHSA-2015:0835 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-swift security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-swift-1.13.1-4.el7ost, openstack-swift-account-1.13.1-4.el7ost, openstack-swift-container-1.13.1-4.el7ost +3
  • RHSA-2015:0836 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-swift security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-swift-1.13.1-4.el6ost, openstack-swift-account-1.13.1-4.el6ost, openstack-swift-container-1.13.1-4.el6ost +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2015:0836
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:0835
Red Hat Gluster 3 Samba on RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage NFS 3.1 on RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed RHSA-2015:1495

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-7960
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2

References

Advisory 7

Other 7

  • TI-2017-12224 An issue was discovered in middleware.py in OpenStack Swauth through 1.2.0 when used with… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-03749 OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-00662 OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.1 (Kilo), 2.4.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00661 OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 does not properly close client connections… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-01667 OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.0, when allow_version is configured, allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2026-36265 Infinite loop in OpenStack Swift CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
See all 14 →

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