Live-migrated instances are briefly able to inspect traffic for other instances on the…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 9 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Live-migrated instances are briefly able to inspect traffic for other instances on the same hypervisor. This brief window could be extended indefinitely if the instance's port is set administratively down prior to live-migration and kept down after the migration is complete. This is possible due to the Open vSwitch integration bridge being connected to the instance during migration. When connected to the integration bridge, all traffic for instances using the same Open vSwitch instance would potentially be visible to the migrated guest, as the required Open vSwitch VLAN filters are only applied post-migration. Versions of openstack-neutron before 13.0.0.0b2, 12.0.3, 11.0.5 are vulnerable.
Why it matters now
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 Project | openstack-neutron | 13.0.0.0b2; 12.0.3; 11.0.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | neutron (PyPI) | 13.0.0.0b1 to before 13.0.0.0b2 | 13.0.0.0b2 | Patch available | GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x |
| — | neutron (PyPI) | 12.0.0 to before 12.0.3 | 12.0.3 | Patch available | GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x |
| — | neutron (PyPI) | 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 | 11.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x |
- openstack-neutron VendorThe Openstack Project Affected 13.0.0.0b2; 12.0.3; 11.0.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 13.0.0.0b1 to before 13.0.0.0b2 Fixed in 13.0.0.0b2 Patch available GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x
- neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.3 Fixed in 12.0.3 Patch available GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x
- neutron (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.5 Fixed in 11.0.5 Patch available GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 13.0.0.0b2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 12.0.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x neutron (PyPI) Fixed in 11.0.5 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Fuse 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14636
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 4
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- TI-2015-07327 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2014-00181 The openvswitch-agent process in OpenStack Neutron 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2021-16185 OpenStack Neutron before 16.4.1, 17.x before 17.1.3, and 18.0.0 allows hardware address… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2016-04653 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2016-04654 The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2018-14636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-14636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8q95-jj7p-x93x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-14636 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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