Uncontrolled resource consumption in openstack-glance
Priority LOW 33CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02297 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Openstack Foundation | openstack-glance | v1 and v2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- openstack-glance VendorThe Openstack Foundation Affected v1 and v2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8611
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8qm-3x9v-xjgr
References
More OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-27114 Server-side request forgery in OpenStack Glance CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2015-04330 The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-01623 Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-21386 An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-04889 An SSRF issue was discovered in OpenStack Glance before Newton. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-8611 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-8611 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c8qm-3x9v-xjgr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-8611 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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