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TI-2015-06275 Aliases CVE-2015-7548GHSA-6q7v-7634-xrvf

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when…

Priority LOW 20CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01803 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.0.0 to before 12.0.1; 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.3VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0.0 to before 12.0.1; 2015.1.0 to before 2015.1.3 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:0018 Released 2016-01-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    openstack-nova security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2014.1.5-15.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.5-15.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.5-15.el7ost +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2014.2.3-48.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.2.3-48.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.2.3-48.el7ost +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2015.1.2-13.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2015.1.2-13.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2015.1.2-13.el7ost +13
  • RHSA-2016:0017 Released 2016-01-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    openstack-nova security advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-nova-2014.1.5-16.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.5-16.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.5-16.el6ost +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed RHSA-2016:0017
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0018
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0018
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-7548
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q7v-7634-xrvf

References

Advisory 2

  • 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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Sources

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