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TI-2015-07920 Aliases CVE-2015-9543GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x…

Priority LOW 16CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log files. An attacker with read access to the service's logs may obtain tokens used for console access. All Nova setups using novncproxy are affected. This is related to NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase.new_websocket_client in console/websocketproxy.py.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Nova (PyPI): 18.2.4, 19.1.0, 20.1.0Red Hat: 6 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 18.2.418.2.4Patch availableGHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
—Nova (PyPI)19.0.0 to before 19.1.019.1.0Patch availableGHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
—Nova (PyPI)20.0.0 to before 20.1.020.1.0Patch availableGHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 18.2.4 Fixed in 18.2.4 Patch available GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
  • Nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 19.0.0 to before 19.1.0 Fixed in 19.1.0 Patch available GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
  • Nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 20.0.0 to before 20.1.0 Fixed in 20.1.0 Patch available GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 18.2.4; 19.0.0 to before 19.1.0; 20.0.0 to before 20.1.0VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 18.2.4; 19.0.0 to before 19.1.0; 20.0.0 to before 20.1.0 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf Nova (PyPI) Fixed in 18.2.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf Nova (PyPI) Fixed in 19.1.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf Nova (PyPI) Fixed in 20.1.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-9543
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
  3. 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • 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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