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TI-2015-00227 Aliases CVE-2015-0259GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before…

Priority LOW 25CWE-345Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-345.

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0107 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial nova (PyPI): 2014.1.4, 2014.2.3Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 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
—nova (PyPI)before 2014.1.42014.1.4Patch availableGHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf
—nova (PyPI)2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.32014.2.3Patch availableGHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2014.1.4 Fixed in 2014.1.4 Patch available GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf
  • nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.3 Fixed in 2014.2.3 Patch available GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.1 to before 2014.1.4; 2014.2 to before 2014.2.3VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*2015.1.0 milestone1VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*2015.1.0 milestone2VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1 to before 2014.1.4; 2014.2 to before 2014.2.3 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2015.1.0 milestone1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2015.1.0 milestone2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf nova (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.1.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf nova (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.2.3 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2015:0843 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.4-3.el7ost +12
  • RHSA-2015:0844 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.4-3.el6ost +12
  • RHSA-2015:0790 Released 2015-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.2.2-19.el7ost +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. 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-2015:0844
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:0843
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2015:0790

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0259
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf

References

Advisory 6

Other 6

  • TI-2026-34154 In OpenStack Nova before 33.0.2, the server create API does not strip certain hint data. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2022-23762 An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
  • 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
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