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TI-2015-04450 Aliases CVE-2015-5295GHSA-2w55-prvj-mgc2

The template-validate command in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before 2015.1.3…

Priority LOW 30CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The template-validate command in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 5.0.x before 5.0.1 (liberty) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or determine the existence of local files via the resource type in a template, as demonstrated by file:///dev/zero.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02928 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 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
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:orchestration_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 to before 5.0.1; 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.3VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.3VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:orchestration_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 to before 5.0.1; 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.3 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.3 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:0440 Released 2016-03-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat bug fix and security advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-heat-2014.1.5-7.el6ost, openstack-heat-api-2014.1.5-7.el6ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-2014.1.5-7.el6ost +3
  • RHSA-2016:0441 Released 2016-03-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat bug fix and security advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-heat-2014.1.5-7.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-2014.1.5-7.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-2014.1.5-7.el7ost +3
  • RHSA-2016:0442 Released 2016-03-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat security advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-heat-2014.2.3-11.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-2014.2.3-11.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-2014.2.3-11.el7ost +3
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2016:0266 Released 2016-02-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-heat bug fix and security advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-heat-2015.1.2-9.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-2015.1.2-9.el7ost, openstack-heat-api-cfn-2015.1.2-9.el7ost +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2016:0440
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0441
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0442
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0266

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-5295
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w55-prvj-mgc2

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Sources

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